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A time-lapse demonstration of a pet portrait created by hand using Corel Painter and a Wacom Cintiq display.

Artist Steve Merryman paints a pet portrait of a dog in Corel Painter. 3 minutes.

Watch as I create a digital sketch of Beorn, a Bernese Mountain Dog using Corel Painter and a reference photo. Not as finished as my standard portraits, more of a sketch to show my workflow. See more samples at sigmadog.com/petartworks/

A screen capture of me painting a pet portrait commission of Bella using Corel Painter. Working big to small and dark to light, this 16" x 16" portrait took roughly 4 hours, the video is compressed down to 3 1/2 minutes. The final art was printed on stretched canvas a delivered ready-to-hang.

Here's a screen capture of me painting the winner of the Spokane Pet Expo Cutest Pet Contest. The 16" x 20" portrait was created in Corel Painter in about six hours. I include explanations of my process, as well as the photo reference.

Watch as I create a digital painting of Sherlock using Corel Painter. This is a three hour painting compressed to 4 1/2 minutes. I used Snagit screen capture software and Adobe Premiere to edit the video. The music is original, created in Apple Garageband.