Commission - Chocolate Labrador

Commission completed April 2014. Mechanical pencils 0.3mm, 0.5mm and 0.7mm HB and 2B. Lots of cotton wool, tortillions and several rubbers. Was drawn on A3 heavy-weight cartridge paper, with the finished drawing measuring 13"x9" for an internal mount 16"x12" frame). 8 hours over the course of a week.

This is "Puppy", a Chocolate Labrador. Living in the Cayman Islands, the client was hit by Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and lost most of their photos and so wished to have a portrait commissioned to remember him.

He was drawn from a photo which has been adjusted a little to remove sand from his face, and also to show his right eye before he developed Glaucoma and had it removed. His right ear was also corrected having been missed by the edge of the photo.