Bodie the springer spaniel in colour pencils

Close up of fur and eye details

Close up showing colour pencil strokes

Colour pencils allow fine detail to be captured. Each pencil stroke is as fine as fur or hair so they can be used to produced highly realistic and life-like portraits. I use Dewent pencils and they are light fast and will remain glorious for years to come. Your portrait will look as good in years to come as it does the day you receive it

Willow the german shepherd in graphite pencils

Close up of fur and eye details

Close up showing graphite pencil strokes

Graphite pencils are hard to beat, as with colour pencils they allow fine detailing but they look wonderful especially when the blackest of blacks is in a shiny dog fur coat. I use Mars Lumograph as their softest pencils allow for the deepest shading to be achieved.