and here he is - all finished.
Showing posts with label Dawg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dawg. Show all posts
Friday, 25 June 2010
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Dawg - the features
Once the background is painted, I like to paint the features of the dog.
That is, the eyes, the nose and mouth.
Once these are done , I know whether or not I will be happy with the painting.
There's usually a moment somewhere when painting these that I catch my breath as I feel the dog come alive.. and then I know the painting will be fine .
That happened with Dawg.. and his features
The colours I use are all non-staining colours - which means that if I decide that some of the darks are too dark, I can lift them out. But I firstly paint them in strong so I get the feel of the piece. Any adjustments can be made when the coat colour of the dog goes in .
The nose of this dog was actually chocolate brown with light brown patches - but I painted him dark brown to begin with, just to make him more solid on the page.
You'll see exactly what I mean on Friday, when you get to see the finished painting .
That is, the eyes, the nose and mouth.
Once these are done , I know whether or not I will be happy with the painting.
There's usually a moment somewhere when painting these that I catch my breath as I feel the dog come alive.. and then I know the painting will be fine .
That happened with Dawg.. and his features
The colours I use are all non-staining colours - which means that if I decide that some of the darks are too dark, I can lift them out. But I firstly paint them in strong so I get the feel of the piece. Any adjustments can be made when the coat colour of the dog goes in .The nose of this dog was actually chocolate brown with light brown patches - but I painted him dark brown to begin with, just to make him more solid on the page.
You'll see exactly what I mean on Friday, when you get to see the finished painting .
Monday, 21 June 2010
Dog Painting
Its time for another dog painting!
This one is a very special Dawg - and you can read all about him if you click here.
I had the lady send me some larger photos and tell me exactly what his colouring was - because if you viewed the link , you 'll see he looks different in each photo!
And so, we start -
the pencil outline drawing first
and then the background of sky
This one is a very special Dawg - and you can read all about him if you click here.
I had the lady send me some larger photos and tell me exactly what his colouring was - because if you viewed the link , you 'll see he looks different in each photo!
And so, we start -
the pencil outline drawing first
and then the background of sky
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