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This was a commissioned portrait of an adorable Sheltie named Marlee. She is 11 years old and her owner wanted to have a portrait of her. The top left portrait is of when she was just a pup on the day they brought her home and the drawing on the bottom right corner is of her "killing" her favorite stuffed bunny.

UPDATE: Sadly, beautiful Marlee passed away at home in the loving arms of her owners on Father's day 2007. She lives on forever in the hearts of those who loved her.

I decided to try something new with this one and scanned the WIP often enough to put it to music. I gave Marlee's owner a CD with the drawing. She loved it. It was so fun to make and I think turned out really well. Check it out below and thanks for stopping by!!

5x7 Graphite on Bristol Vellum. Clutch pencils 2H, HB, 2B, & 4B.

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jill madgwick 18 Dec 2010

nice, love the idea of the video too :-)

Frances Byrne 05 Aug 2008

This is a beautiful portrait!

Anonymous Guest 31 Jul 2008

Great portrait!

Stewart Fowler 26 Feb 2008

I bet this drawing brings so much joy to his parents.... fantastic work Laura

walt larsen 19 Jan 2008

fabulously wonderful

Katerina Koukiotis 08 Aug 2007

laura this is so beautiful i also loved your youtube video!!

Terri Hindmarsh 15 Jun 2007

What wonderful work you have Laura!!

Michael Easter 15 Jun 2007

Beautiful drawing. YOu are gifted.

Anonymous Guest 30 Apr 2007

This is great Laura!! Excellent work!

Ed Fairburn 10 Apr 2007

Sorry, that was me below... not logged in :P

Anonymous Guest 10 Apr 2007

Great stuff. Really soft, but with the fine details as well... awesome. I've just been reading your biography, it feels as if the same is happening to me... I was so geared up for aviation as a career, but I recently gave up my flying hours. I'm dropping out of college soon, and I'll be starting a full-time arts course. I think lately the penny's dropped, and similar to you, I've realised that full time art is for me. I enjoyed reading that, nice to see someone who's been in the same (or similar) boat, if you don't mind me saying. Do you like how things have turned out? Thanks for the comments, Ed

Leah Jaarveth 06 Apr 2007

just beautiful work :)

eileen martin 06 Apr 2007

wow, Laura, this is beautiful, his eyes are so touching:)

Louis Myers 06 Apr 2007

Geautiful work!

helen tyralik 06 Apr 2007

wonderful detail, lovely pencil work

cynthia berridge 06 Apr 2007

gorgeous pencil work

Laurie Rawdon 05 Apr 2007

this is incredible...just wonderful to watch the clip of the work being created...really special

Tahnja Wolter 05 Apr 2007

Your'e a genius Laura! This is AWESOME!! You have such a talent for bringing out the real 'life' and 'soul' that's behind the animal, from the owners perspective, I SO love that about your work!