I meet many beautiful dogs in the park and often I stop their owners to ask if I can take photographs.

I then take my photographs into my studio to make study paintings - this keeps my painting chops up.

Recently I’ve been transitioning from painting in acrylics, over to oils.

This takes t i m e and practice, practice, and more practice.

So I thought it might be rather lovely to share my progress of these dogs - from photograph to final painting.

So here goes a beautiful Bedlington Whippet I met last year and painted this week.

Much love

Sam x