This is my first pet portrait. I’ve painted animals before but never one I actually knew. This is King. He was 8 years old when he died almost 6 years ago. He was an awesome dog and my husbands first. We all miss him. The first pic here is an 8×10 of him that we keep around.

King
My sketch.

- rough sketch
This next pic is after about 1 hour of painting. It’s still pretty rough but it’s starting to look like him.

awkward stage
I hope to have him finished before the weekend is over.
