Pet Portrait of German Shepherd Police k-9 dog

Last year I was commissioned to draw this commemorative portrait of a retired police GSD. Sadly, I was told that Marco had passed away peacefully in his sleep. His handler wanted something special to remember his partner so we came up with this wonderful composition using several different reference images.

Rest in peace K-9 Marco and thank you for your service in protecting our communities and making them safer.

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Police K-9 Marco

14"x18"

pencil drawing

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Commemorative Artwork (Drawing) of US Army k-9 Police Handler and his Military Working Dog

It has been a while since my last post and some of you might have been wondering what was on my easel? I started this commission last April and although I was given over a year to complete it, I felt it's completion was long overdue.
The drawing features Military K-9 Police handler Sgt Chris Lalonde and his dog U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Fasco. The pair participated in a historic tandem jump from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at an altitude of 12,500 feet, Sept. 18, 2009. The jump took place at the Gammon Parade Field on Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. during Military Police Warfighter Week.

Sgt Chris Lalonde & Sgt Major Fasco
Pencil Drawing
11" x 14" 

US Pentagon police k-9 dog logo/design/artwork drawing

Custom artwork commission completed!

After many weeks, this commission is now pending client approval! I'm so very happy with the design and how it turned out. Final size of this colored pencil drawing is about 13" x 17" with some room for cropping should the artwork be adorned with a smaller mat opening.

My sincere thank you to all who have followed the many updates to this post and for those who took the time to comment and share your thoughts on my blog!

Application of color using Prismacolor pencils

During today's sitting, I was confident enough to start the coloring stage of the Pentagon building. I mainly used 20% and 60% french grays, ginger root and black Prismacolor pencils. I also used Prismacolor Verithin gray and black pencils to define the borders and achieve sharper lines. This is the first time I use them and fine them very hard and perfect for detailing.

Law enforcement artwork update...

Here's the latest on k-9 Kira as I begin to add the fur color and details. This dog exhibits some "flecking" (dark fur interspersed with lighter strands, giving a "ticked" or "flecked" appearance) of the short facial fur which makes it very difficult and time consuming to lay down on paper.

Police K-9 Robbi drawing update

After much sketching, I have now been working on adding color to the first dog featured on the US Pentagon Artwork. I'm quite pleased at how the colors are layering on this paper however, there is not much room for error as erasing is virtually impossible! I am taking my sweet time with this one so as not to mess it up part way through...that would be a disaster.

Change of focus...

I'm taking a break from working in pastels on the spoonbill birds painting to work on my next commission. This is the preliminary sketch of the military police artwork of the US Pentagon K-9 bomb detection dogs. I should begin working very soon on the first dog pictured above using colored pencils.

Law enforcement artwork commission

Here's a rough mock-up preview of my next commission drawing for the US Pentagon, Police K-9 Explosives Detection Unit to be done in colored pencil. The three dogs featured on this drawing include a Malinois, a German Shepherd/Malinois cross and a black Labrador retriever.

Watch for updates as I start to work in this custom artwork design that will be used as a logo for t-shirts and prints.