tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:54:56 +0000dogspet portraitspetsanimal artartdrawingsacrylicscatsdog portraitspaintingspastel portraitspastelsportraitsSOFA feline art cat portraits gallery llewellyn alexander galleryanimalscaninefolksygerman shepherdsgraphitegraphite pencilgreetings cardsprintssheltiesshetland sheepdogsstaffiesstaffordshire bull terriersHand painted pet portraits. A unique and thoughtful gift - you just supply the photos. Vouchers available for last-minute gifts. http://www.martinanewtonart.co.ukhttp://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)Blogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-640250709695918164Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:18:00 +00002011-08-08T15:18:55.882+01:00animal artdog portraitsdogssheltiesshetland sheepdogs Pebbles & Golly More work to do darkening down the shady areas very small reference photos! http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/08/shelties-work-in-progess.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-6335760907565547982Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:55:00 +00002011-08-05T17:56:37.233+01:00SOFA feline art cat portraits gallery llewellyn alexander galleryFantastic news for me! I've had two pictures accepted for this year's SOFA exhibition at the Llewellyn Alexander Gallery in London. Come along between 26th August and 16th September to view the work of over 50 members of SOFA.http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/08/society-of-feline-artists-exhibition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-7023419698570162092Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:37:00 +00002011-07-29T23:38:55.644+01:00 maincoon, a photo by ArtyPets on Flickr.Still a little more to do . . . might darken down the background a little more and just generally fiddle with it. Hoping to get it framed in time for the SOFA exhibition submission deadline on 4th August!http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/07/main-coon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-2679950307108530481Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:00:00 +00002011-07-28T12:00:10.892+01:00acrylicsanimal artartcatspaintings I was going to do this all in acrylic inks, but I only have a few bottles so went back to my larger range of tubes. This is probably the smallest painting I've done it's only 20 x 20cm (8 x 8"). A bobcat in a wildlife park in the Netherlands photo kindly donated for general use from Pet Portraits & Wildlife Art Forum http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/07/bobcat-in-acrylics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-6921466680787900500Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:51:00 +00002011-07-28T11:51:07.594+01:00dog portraitspastel portraits Beautiful, very much missed Sophie Completed in a mixture of soft and hard pastels on velour mount board, A3 http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/07/sophie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-2147366976766592940Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:16:00 +00002011-06-14T16:16:59.792+01:00dog portraitsdogsdrawingsgraphitegraphite pencilpet portraitspetsHere's Blu, all finished. A4 is the smallest size I do as I find working small quite hard; it's difficult to get in the detail to get it to look lifelike. I'm pleased with this one though; haven't done a pencil drawing for a while and really enjoyed it. In the photo, Blu's left tooth was covered by his tongue. It looked odd when I copied it so I've popped it back in!  If you'd like me to do http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/06/competition-winners-portrait-finished.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-2228502772617642633Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:26:00 +00002011-06-06T19:26:43.912+01:00This is the competition-winner for About My Area's Prettiest Pooch. http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/06/blu-staffordshire-bull-terrier.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-1376153885982784051Fri, 27 May 2011 21:55:00 +00002011-05-27T22:55:48.049+01:00acrylicsanimal artartdogspaintingspet portraits http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/05/sultan-amendments-to-contrasts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-1609570288260937454Thu, 26 May 2011 14:16:00 +00002011-05-26T15:16:41.836+01:00acrylicsanimal artdogsdrawingsgerman shepherdspaintingspet portraits  Just about there now, waiting for my client to give it the thumbs up.  Next up is a graphite portrait of a staffie - the winner of Portsmouth's AMA dog photo competition.http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/05/working-german-shepherd-sultan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-4168062602633688134Sun, 22 May 2011 16:36:00 +00002011-05-22T17:36:39.229+01:00More detail added to the eyes and nose, but much of the fur is still in its blurry undercoat phase. http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/05/little-more-progress-on-sultan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-4739913961231004455Mon, 16 May 2011 20:25:00 +00002011-05-16T21:25:52.748+01:00Firstly, I enlarged the image using a standard grid technique. The canvas is 14" x 11", triple primed with gesso. Here's the first coat of background colour.  Some further underpainting, picking out the darker highlights. After speaking with my client, we've changed the background to a softer green.http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/05/sultan-german-shepherd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-1467390586064125128Mon, 16 May 2011 20:10:00 +00002011-05-16T21:10:01.768+01:00animal artdogsdrawingspet portraitspetsstaffiesstaffordshire bull terriers Diesel, A3 pastels on velour paper http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/05/diesel-ready-to-go-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-376032583588624629Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:58:00 +00002011-04-26T07:58:54.559+01:00 http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/04/diesel-staffordshire-bull-terrier.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-3751003048308419142Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:02:00 +00002011-04-19T00:04:37.997+01:00animal artcatsdogsfolksygreetings cardspet portraitspetsprintsMy Folksy Pagehttp://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/04/greetings-cards-on-folksy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-8322538338077578900Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:43:00 +00002011-04-18T22:43:14.780+01:00animal artartdogspastel portraitspastelspet portraitspets A3 pastels on velourhttp://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/04/sophie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-5709887071095489961Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:19:00 +00002011-04-18T18:19:31.913+01:00 Well, here he is, all done! I see this painting as a tribute to the lovely weekend I spent at Broadlands - Scallywags Spring Spectacular Agility Show.http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/04/sheltie-forever-in-mid-jump.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-7751904224800968777Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:38:00 +00002011-03-28T13:38:19.101+01:00 Here's today's progress - with thanks to helpful input from members of the pet-portrait forum and also those who go to the Hilsea Art Group in Portsmouth.  For those of you who don't attend an art group, I'd highly recommend it; it's encouraging and enables you to progress much quicker than you would on your own. Close up of head and front feet.  The whole body has been darkened http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/03/sheltie-beginning-to-jump-forward.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-7903828184933967415Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:10:00 +00002011-03-25T12:10:54.558+00:00 Main colours blocked in in Cryla acrylic paints.  This is on A3 paper for acrylics and oils.  I spent a great weekend at the Scallywags Spring Spectacular Dog Agility Show and was inspired to paint these fantastic dogs in action.  This is a beautiful blue merle shetland sheepdog. Close up of face. More detail added in grass and dog with DR acrylic inks. http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/03/blue-merle-sheltie-scallywags-spring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-3210923622798737879Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:23:00 +00002011-03-16T14:25:18.866+00:00I'm still undecided on whether to put the snow in or not.  Today, though, I've put in a little more detail around the eyes and ears. http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/03/lucylous-eyes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-4738128781581997582Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:31:00 +00002011-03-14T21:31:26.505+00:00This is LucyLou a rescue Sheltie from Ireland. I decided to try out hard pastels on Pastelmat instead of my usual velour. It's quite a different surface; it feels like very fine cork and I have to work harder to get the fur effect I want.This piece of pastelmat is very dark grey which I thought would bring out the white in her coat; the picture is taken of her in the snow and I may or may not tryhttp://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/03/lucylou-rescue-sheltie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-1498804780973760323Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:26:00 +00002011-03-12T13:26:38.358+00:00 Here he is all finished - in the whitest mount I could get.  The velour paper is amazingly white so some supposedly pure white mounts actually looked cream.  http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/03/scooby-all-finished.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-942728081466955133Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:58:00 +00002011-03-07T19:58:02.814+00:00 Here's Scooby taped to my drawing board, almost done now. Today I've concentrated on the mouth and deepening the darker tones around the eyes and in the ears. Here's a closer view; I need to do more work on the nose and around the chin. Closer view of the eyes.   http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/03/almost-there-with-scooby.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-4034817897293557900Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:10:00 +00002011-03-03T19:10:48.901+00:00 Adding more brown freckles in this one.  Made more progress on the tongue too.http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/03/progress-on-eyes-and-mouth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-8319371699195094660Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:34:00 +00002011-03-02T10:34:28.857+00:00 Scooby, taking shape Up and out with the dogs at 7am this morning, breakfast, kids off to school then down to work.  Pleased with progress this morning; I love velour paper, but  it's always there in the back of my mind 'I can't go wrong, I can't go wrong!'  the mouth needs some work next http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/03/scoobys-progress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629410640015013281.post-673806315055312439Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:27:00 +00002011-03-01T19:27:43.715+00:00animalscaninedogspet portraitspetsIt's always exciting, starting a new commission! My workstation's all organised, pastel pencils sharpened and I'm ready to go. So far then I've just started shading in the darker areas, particularly around the nose and eyes. This portrait is on Hahnemuhle velour paper and I'm using mainly Faber-Castell pastel pencils, a few Derwent and conte crayons. Close-up of the first shaded areas http://martinanewtonart.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-commission-scooby-springer-spaniel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Martina Newton Art)0