Topaz by Patricia Hickson

Such a lovely soft tone very well done you must be pleased with it!

Well done you! gorgeous image

lovely expression and so soft you almost want to stroke his head

I love these gorgeous dogs, you have produced a lovely image.

I thought I recognised the style; I've done one of Vivien's courses too. This is beautiful, you should be very proud of it. A wonderful way to treasure your dog. (Can you tell I'm a dog fanatic? I also paint dogs).

I am a total sucker for dogs. This portrait has a wonderful soft quality to it. Topaz looks like a really steady dog - lucky you.

Superb portrait of a retriever; colour, texture and lighting all add to the effect.

What a lovely portrait, love the soft detail, its lovely.

Beautiful work.

Thank you all very much!

Just like to say I think your' picture of Topaz has such a great depth to the dogs coat,and you have the light spot on,it really is a reach out and touch him picture. I am at presant doing my first collie dog with V.walters via e.mail,but have not attained that level of depth and softness yet.I am hoping to be able to do one of my own dogs with her when am am finished on her collie using the pet portrait coarse,seeing your' pic has definately spurred me on. kind regards, karen medhurst.

Thank you Karen, I am glad my picture has encouraged you to try the Pet Portrait course. I enjoyed it. The most difficult part was taking the right photo to work from! A lot of patience was needed!