I use a combination of markers, watercolours and paint for these. I think I’m much better at landscapes than I am at portraits, and the only portrait that I’ve done doesn’t even have a face.
I really liked this painting of the young Queen Victoria with her King Charles spaniel, Dash. I too have a King Charles and really liked her dress so I thought why not recreate the painting. I never planned to paint a face because I knew that doing that would just mess it up.
Steffi Heloise 
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