You can paint a portrait too!

ok...I'm going to teach my 3 LOYAL FOLLOWERS HOW TO PAINT a pet portrait!  Now...first... get you some paint and a paint brush.

draw a grid on your photo
paint a solid base coat on your canvas - allow to dry
with a China markup pencil...
draw a grid on your canvas.
draw your picture (follow the grid)
paint the darkest shades
paint some lighter ones
paint some hightlights
keep going, keep painting until it looks the same as the photo
keep painting EVERY single little hair until it looks like the photo..
paint a background....oh try to add some shadows in there for depth.  
*It helps if the photo has some shadows already. :)

Happy Painting!!