Beginning with detailed guidance on composition, colour and choosing your reference material, Dave Whiteteaches you the essential paintingtechniques you’ll need to start creating your own artworks – from producing an outline and underpainting to capturing the three-dimensional qualities of your pet that will make your paintings truly stand out, such as realistic hair and whiskers, getting the shine on a nose and a glint in an eye, and whether to show ears up or down or the tongues in or out. To follow, the author then offers three step-by-step projects of varying subjects – including a short-haired dog, a long-haired dog and a group portrait – which have been speciallydesigned to encourage you to tackle theessential poses you’ll need to start paintingyour own pooches. The bookends with a short section providing practical advice on setting up and running your own pet portrait business.