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!
Focus on Form, not Detail If you want to learn how to paint fur realistically, you’re probably thinking about rendering every single hair. But focusing
Start-to-finish process I went through to paint this super cute Frenchie! Watch the whole thing in a couple minutes, and read about each step broken down below.
Cat Painting Before the Black Firstly, let’s take a look at how this cat painting, featuring Mimou (what a cutie) got started. I started by
Learning How to Paint Dogs & Cats? It’s All About the Eyes Zann Hemphill is a professional pet portrait artist. Visit the gallery here. People
Oliver’s Sunny Dog Painting: 2 Days in 6 Minutes Pet Portraits by Zann This beautiful golden dog was a perfect sun-drenched subject for a dog
Cat Portrait Painting Video This quick 5 minute video goes through some of the painting stages for taking a cat portrsit from blank canvas—to fine
How to Paint German Shepherd Fur This video gives a step-by-steo breakdown of the alla-prima (wet-on-wet) painting technique I use to create the textures, colours
A Puli Painting with a Story to Tell https://youtu.be/nnjrlNA23u0 Has anyone ever told you a shaggy dog story? If not, here’s a recap of the
This video will focus in on how long it takes to put the finishing touches on a dog’s eyes. So I’ll take the piece from
“Edge of the Table” Mini Dog Painting “Edge of the Table” is a new piece from my “Dogs at the Table” painting collection. In this