I finished this guy in record time for me! 4 days.

[MLAA]

Not so long ago I agonized for months over a painting. If I still feel he is done tomorrow I will sign it and give it to his person. 🙂

Edit: should have said all feedback welcome!

https://imgur.com/a/yXp4cge

[underpants]

1. ✅

Nice art

[MLAA]

3. Thank you!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Very nice!

I'm sure the very cute subject's human will love it!

[MLAA]

4. Thank you! I've only got one more friend's cat to paint.

Anyone who has a furry one, I’m happy to paint for free.

[PoliticAverse]

5. "all feedback welcome!" - sorry, that looks nothing like the original...

[lunatica]

9. That's a prize winning dog!

[MLAA]

10. I will have to keep trying! 🙂

[Frustratedlady]

6. Sweet! Love the eyes.

[lunasun]

7. Love it - Hope the pup' s family does too . Lively rendering ++

[lunatica]

8. I love it

Your depiction of the fur is really admirable and unique. You give the dog an aura without being obvious about it. A special glow. You use very nice colors. I like the way you use very subtle blues and purples around the outline and shot through the fur. And then you use a dry brush to paint the outer tips of fur.

The way you don’t make the ears perfect mirror images of each other gives this little dog an expression as if it’s reacting to you talking to it. This particular ability is rare. I’m sure you captured that dog, not just a generic Chihuahua. You even included his eyelashes, another small feature that makes each animal unique. His eyes are brilliant, sharp and looking right at the viewer. You managed to make them look moist like they are in small dogs whose eyes bulge a bit.

I know what you mean about being a bit confused and suspicious about the time you put into it. I have a tree I’ve been painting since last year and I’m still not finished! The first painting I did of that same tree took me a whole two hours!

It’s finished so you can put it down.

[MLAA]

11. Thank you lunatics, you provide such good, detailed critiques/input. I appreciate it.

Are you or were you an art teacher? Or perhaps you are just very observant from being an artist 🙂

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Kicked and recommended. ❤ nt

[MLAA]

13. Thank you, 😊

[littlemissmartypants]

14. I have a special needs Chihuahua that I love to pieces.

It reminds me of her. ❤ lmsp

[MLAA]

15. If you ever want me to try and paint her (for free) just take a few close up photos and email them t

I will direct message you my email address if you want to go for it. I like the practice

[littlemissmartypants]

16. I would love that. Thank you. ❤ nt

[bif]

17. Nice!

Animals are almost as hard to paint as humans! You did a great job!

[MLAA]

18. Thank you

I’ve tried 4 portraits:

1 looked pretty nice
2 okay -sort of
1 not so okay

I’m enjoying animals so much more and having more success. I do want to try a portrait again before too long hoping I’ve learned something since the last one!

[TEB]

19. A very close family resemblance

[MLAA]

20. Haha....

You don’t know how true...I’m not quite 5 feet tall and 95 pounds 😉🙂

[femmedem]

21. Makes me want to pick him up and smooch him!

I'll bet the recipient lived it because the dog's personality shines through.

[MLAA]

22. Thank you! How kind.

I sent her this pic and she said it was ‘him’. He passed away a couple of years ago, so I think she will enjoy having it. I will hand him over next week. I get so attached as I paint them. I want to keep them all. i just started the last one in my backlog today, a sweet cat.

If you have a furry friend you would like me to paint (for free), just DM me and I will give you my email address to send some close up pics to 🙂

[femmedem]

25. That's so kind of you! Sorry I didn't see this until now.

I've been without a computer other than my phone since before you posted. I think you'll be getting a message from me over the weekend. I hope I can take a good enough photo for you to work from.

[LiberalLoner]

23. Oh that is precious! You did such a great job here!

[MLAA]

24. Thank you!

I really appreciate your feedback 🙂