My latest commission, two Alaskan Malamutes this is the first one his name is Blizzard and he's two years old. His fur is really dense which meant I had to press on really hard to get the effect so lots of pencil sharpening. Drawn using Caran D'Ache supracolor soft pencils on grey 16"x12" card.
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ruth sears 12 Mar 2010
excellent with what I find a very time consuming and difficult medium.Jacqueline Bishop 13 Sep 2006
excelent work!!Peter Kripgans 03 May 2006
absolutely marvellous CP work and what a dog! Dear Ruth - your animals are simply breathtaking!Timothy Hughes 14 Apr 2006
Fantastic portraits Ruth, your work is excellent , like youe website too!Reba McDonald 21 Mar 2006
An excellent image Ruth.marc doutherd 12 Mar 2006
Absolutely outstanding!Leroy Drumm 07 Mar 2006
Very good Ruth!!Christina Langman 06 Mar 2006
Oh I know all about that "lots of pencil sharpening"! :) This is stunning Ruth! It takes a lot to impress me with colored pencils, and this is GREAT! :) SO WELL DONE!Terry Bullard 06 Mar 2006
wonderful work on his hair! just greatAnonymous Guest 06 Mar 2006
fantastic detail! well doneDeborah Martin 06 Mar 2006
He's jsut gorgeous and so very well done!!!!Rosalie Ferry 05 Mar 2006
Very nice Ruth. Great tonal work.Jerry 05 Mar 2006
Lovely, brilliant and most excellent. I love this drawing, contrast, lines and format, great or most cool.Kenzie Pedersen 05 Mar 2006
awwwww....this looks like my puppy! fantastic!v blair 05 Mar 2006
Gorgeous work!Loredana 05 Mar 2006
Awesome pencil work Ruth beautiful dog :)Sondra Ertzberger 05 Mar 2006
very nice !mark jorgenson 05 Mar 2006
wonderful!Joke Schotting 05 Mar 2006
Great work,Ruth!@!Mi MItchell 05 Mar 2006
As always great work.Ginger Lovellette 05 Mar 2006
Ahhhh, just love it! Nice work!Linda Bertiaux 05 Mar 2006
excellent piece of work.Pat Abbott 05 Mar 2006
A real gorgeous portrait. What a beautiful dog.Analua 05 Mar 2006
Magnific beautiful work Ruth!!!!