Welcome to the Paws By Zann pet portrait blog! Here you’ll find a wealth of information on painting with oils, painting animals, how to take reference photos, art videos and more. Enjoy!
A Chocolate Lab Oil Painting in 4 Steps Coco’s dog-mom wanted a custom oil painting of her dog, so she reached out to me with
3 Classics like the ‘Dogs Playing Poker’ Series Come Back as Custom Art Pet portrait artist Zann Hemphill is well known for her amazing renditions
The Importance of Lighting in Pet Art When you buy a pet portrait (or any portrait art) probably the most important thing is that it
See this colourful dog portrait come together in images.
Painting Maya, a Dog on the Beach, from Photos Lighting-wise, this dog beach painting has been a challenge. The main reference, the one that I’m
A Pet Memorial Painting for Gigi For this pet memorial, my client and I worked together to create a beautiful garden in this custom memorial
See inside the pet portrait painting process with this dog portrait of Fudge the Dachshund. Zann shares how to change lighting and paint fur with video.
Pet memorial artist Zann Hemphill creates very personal memorial objects with a pet’s ashes painted right into the final piece.
Colour in Pet Portraits I’ve painted hundreds of paintings of pets over the years, but until I introduced brightly coloured backgrounds, almost everything I painted
Happy Dog Art, Happy People From the contented company of an old friend to manic whole-body wags greeting me at the end of the day,