My pastel pet portraits! (WOOHOO first post!!)

[Brenzle]

Last year (my freshman year in college), I was introduced to pastels and fell in love with them. I unintentionally ended up doing a series of pet portraits, one of them being a class assignment and the other two being commissions! I have done some portraits of my dogs in other mediums and I am obviously still learning the ways of pastel. I love drawing my own pets, as well as other people's pets and hope to do more in the future, whether it be in pastel or paint!
Unfortunately I don't own a camera (can't buy one on a college art kid budget) so I had to take these with a camera phone. I also took the pictures before they were untaped and framed. Sorry!

[peteyandrocco]

These are amazing! They look so fluffy and real! Great control over the medium, and I really look forward to seeing more work from you.

[Painted Sparrow]

Those are great! I absolutely love the textures you've created. My favorite would have to be the wee black & white puppy, he's adorable!

Beautiful work!

[Brenzle]

Thanks! The little puppy was done for an friend whose puppy passed away. She didn't have many reference photos, but I chose the one that hand her boyfriend's hand in it to show just how tiny he was.

[Naantje]

I am amazed by your skill! I though the first one was a photo you used as a reference, and then I noticed: no, this is your actual artwork! Beautiful!

[j_en]

Amazing!

[Homerof2]

Wow, the dogs are wonderful but what really caught my attention was the hand.  Honestly, I thought it was a photo at first.  You have great talent!

[waterbaby]

They're all absolutely beautiful, with so much depth and personality in each piece.  You're a gifted artist, Brenzle, able to bring your subjects to life -- I can fairly see the second dog panting and tiny drops on the end of his/her tongue, the flickering warmth of the candle next to the first one, the tenderness of the man holding the puppy's paw.

[Alexus1325]

You and pastels are going to be great friends! Your pet portraits are so lifelike and visually dynamic. They really look like any second now, they'll move!

[hgddm]

Incredible!!!

[MissingWillow]

You're very talented!

[Lisa G-I]

These are wonderful, I think you have real talent.

[mrsflibble]

stunning!

[WideEyedLife]

Oh my word!  Those are amazing!  The technique and the layout and the whole thing is so well done!  I had no idea it was possible to do such amazing things with pastel.  Great work!

[moelanna]

I love your work. I've dabbled in pastels before but it never really took off for me.

[mousee23]

Love,pure joy and love shine through on these

[pocketwatch]

Very lovely! If your school has cameras to lend (mine did, free if a teacher signs off) it might be worth documenting your work super-well for later. I was really glad when I had to do an online portfolio senior year that I had photos on hand.

[ThriftyLiving4U]

So beautiful!
And congrats on your first post!

[andralynn]

These are beautiful!

[I Sew Cute]

Fabuloso! I really like them!

[andxagain]

These are incredible! What kind of pastel are you using?

[TechnicolorAquahearts]

Wow, those are awesome! So much talent!

[cloudrainbow]

Impressive.

[craftewoman]

Beautifully done. I love the effect you can get from pastels.

[ladysparrowhawk]

These are fantastic. I know my way around ink, a few types of paint and vector images, but I could never get a feel for pastels. It looks like they come pretty naturally to you. Keep working in them- and take tons of pictures as soon as you can (borrow a camera from friends or family if you can). If you build up a little portfolio you might be able to pick up a few jobs doing custom pet portraits and buy a camera of your own.