My latest pet portrait features a colorful painting of a pitbull terrier dog named Ceaser. Created with acrylic paints on a square 8″ x 8″ stretched canvas, completed on November 5, 2020. This is the first time I have done a square canvas, and I think it really works well for this subject! You can view a larger image of this painting in my Portfolio.

Ceasar photo vs painting

Recreating Ceasar’s fur color in my colorful style was a bit challenging. It is not really orange, but not really gray either, somewhere in between, and dilute in color.  For this portrait, I did something a bit differently than my usual process.  I mixed several colors together to create a base coat as similar to his fur color as I could.  For the tan areas, I mixed unbleached titanium, light yellow, a bit of orange, and some fluorescent pink.  I then layered on additional colors, such as purple, pink, blue, orange and yellow, all mixed with a bit of white to dilute them and create a more pastel color palette. The “red” nose was created with magenta, orange, light pink, and white.  For the white areas, I used various blues and purples to create the shadows in the neck and body.  The eyes were left natural, using amber and brown.

If you like this painting and want one of your own pet, please visit my Pet Portraits Information page. There you can find info about pricing, sizes, and styles.

Although the original painting is sold, this artwork is available as a print and other products in my online stores.  For high quality wall art in lots of options, please visit my FineArtAmerica store. Here you will find paper art prints with many choices for framing and paper type. Also choose from canvas prints, acrylic prints, wood prints, metal prints, and wall tapestries.  Also available in this store are Jigsaw Puzzles, Throw Pillows, Fleece Blankets, Duvet Covers, Shower Curtains, Bath Hand Towels, Beach Towels, Coffee Mugs, Tote Bags, T-shirts, Cell Phone Cases, Greeting Cards, Face Masks, and Spiral Notebooks.

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