About the Commission of Kilo
James (USA) emailed me in 2016 wanting to commission a portrait of his family's dog, Kilo, who had sadly passed away. James emailed me some lovely photos of Kilo; one in particular was their favorite and really captured Kilo's personality and character well. James requested a 12 x 10 size drawing and also for the portrait to be framed too.
I decided that as Kilo was mainly white, it would be lovely to subtly shade the background to really bring out his white fur and the light shining on his head and ears. You can see that I have shaded with pencil in a square around Kilo. When the portrait is framed, the mount/matt covers the edge of the shading.
