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Pet Sketches - Jango
Aug. 19th, 2026 08:54 amIt's about time I shared some updates on the 2026 Pet Sketches. I usually post my updates on Facebook, and just got a little behind. July was a hard month for Calgary--a missing child found sadly deceased, wildfire smoke and a heatwave, ooof!
It was an asbsolute pleasure to draw Jango for his family. Jango crossed the rainbow bridge, but he was so loved!
It was an asbsolute pleasure to draw Jango for his family. Jango crossed the rainbow bridge, but he was so loved!
Thank you Calgary Expo customers!
Apr. 30th, 2026 08:39 amThank you Calgary Expo attendees for a fabulous show!
It was great seeing old friends and meeting new people! Spirits were bright despite the wild weather 🙂
I'm unpacking and organizing orders today, but stay tuned!
If you placed an order, I'll be in touch soon!
It was great seeing old friends and meeting new people! Spirits were bright despite the wild weather 🙂
I'm unpacking and organizing orders today, but stay tuned!
If you placed an order, I'll be in touch soon!
Come See Me at Calgary Expo!
Apr. 23rd, 2026 07:35 amI'm at A249 in the Artist Alley and would love to talk to you about your pets--and maybe draw them too!
Pet Sketches - Tito
Apr. 23rd, 2026 07:29 amI fell in love with Tito as soon as I saw his pictures. He is a ridiculously handsome and photogenic cat! I knew right away I wanted to do his portrait last because I didn't want to feel rushed! His picture was a game-changer--one that scared me a little knowing that my skills had grown so much over the past year!
Pet Sketches - Binx
Apr. 21st, 2026 10:37 pmBinx has been on my mind all year. Now and then I redo a portrait because I'm not 100% happy with it, and as my skills grew, I knew I could do a better job. Binx is one of the reasons I decided to move to drawing faces instead of the whole pet. Sometimes it's easy to get stuck on details and faces work so much better, don't they?
Pet Sketches - Chloe and Violet
Apr. 21st, 2026 05:49 amA precious pair of puppers! For this drawing, I used a lot of light blue, peach and lavender intead of straight grey. I remember my high school art teacher saying white and transparent objects were about the colours you couldn't see.
Pet Sketches - Snooki
Apr. 18th, 2026 11:03 amSnooki is such a cutie patootie, I had to draw her twice :-)
Pet Sketches - Pancake
Apr. 16th, 2026 07:22 amIt was with Pancake's picture I decided to really lean into only doing close-ups of faces. Sometimes trying to draw the whole body is a challenge! I made a mask to sponge paint on for his glorious whiskers.
Pet Sketches - Oswald
Apr. 15th, 2026 05:35 am2025 was the year of the doodle dog! I think I must have drawn 5 or 6 doodles and silly Oswald was the last of them :-) His different coloured eyes really threw me off!
Pet Sketches - Huntress
Apr. 13th, 2026 09:40 amMore than one picture from 2025 had me wishing the drawing would never end. I don't know if that makes sense--I just enjoyed making the picture so much that I was a little sad when the picture was finished :-D Huntress' portrait had some challenges that were resolved once I realized one of the eyes was a little off.
Pet Sketches - A
Apr. 11th, 2026 11:35 amI drew a cartoony version of A back in 2023 and his human returned for a realistic version. The pose was challenging, but in the end, worked out very well!
Pet Sketches - Alfie
Apr. 10th, 2026 11:13 pmA deluxe sketch for Alfie! He ran away from home, but happily returned :-)
Pet Sketches - Bigsby
Apr. 10th, 2026 09:00 amBigsby's portrait is one that took a while to ideate, and many conversations with one of his humans, but the result was so worth it! So many layers came together to make a very personal picture.
Pet Sketches - Sterling
Apr. 5th, 2026 07:26 amPhotos don't do Sterling's portrait just--this paper piece used many layers of vellum to create the water and glitter accented his coat and sand!
Pet Sketches - Pam
Mar. 27th, 2026 07:19 amPam is the third of three rabbits I was commissioned to draw this year. She came with such a cool backstory--her human found her amongst the dandelions, eating a piece of apple! I knew this picture called for something more special than a traditional drawing :-)
Pet Sketches - Hunny
Mar. 24th, 2026 06:14 amHunny is a total cutie patootie! It took a while to finish her picture because there ws some distortion in the reference photo and the position of one eye kept bothering me until I fixed it.
Pet Sketches - Nami
Mar. 14th, 2026 08:20 amHandsome and snuggable Nami's pictures were done in-between my artistic growth spurt. It was a bit of a struggle between the past and the present!
Pet Sketches - Dracula
Mar. 12th, 2026 09:46 amIt sounds silly to say, but there are pictures where I experience a little bit of sadness when they're finished. Dracula's portait was one of them--I really enjoyed the process from drawing, cutting and final assembly!
