My latest portrait is of Isis and Skye. These two Beautiful Blue Merle Border Collies will be painted in oils on canvas...
Here's the 20"x 22" portrait in it's first stage, the dogs have been drawn onto the canvas, ready to paint in the background tomorrow...
Photos of the next stage of Skye and Isis's portrait in oils.
Just had to wait a little bit longer for the paint to dry a bit and the sheen to go off in order to take some pics.
Decided to go for predominantly shades of blue/ grey with tones to echo the colouration within the dogs fur.
This should enhance the dogs which will be painted in a realistic style and will bring out the beautiful blue colours in their eyes.
This is the second version as the first was too smooth and not as dynamic as I would have liked, had a look at the work of a famous American portrait artist called John Howard Sanden who uses lively brush strokes for his backgrounds to set of his portrait work.
Looking forward to the next stage which is to start blocking in the main colours of the dogs and then I can assess that the background is working and add or subtract colours to this too... I just need to wait a few days for the background to dry off first!
Just had to wait a little bit longer for the paint to dry a bit and the sheen to go off in order to take some pics.
Decided to go for predominantly shades of blue/ grey with tones to echo the colouration within the dogs fur.
This should enhance the dogs which will be painted in a realistic style and will bring out the beautiful blue colours in their eyes.
This is the second version as the first was too smooth and not as dynamic as I would have liked, had a look at the work of a famous American portrait artist called John Howard Sanden who uses lively brush strokes for his backgrounds to set of his portrait work.
Looking forward to the next stage which is to start blocking in the main colours of the dogs and then I can assess that the background is working and add or subtract colours to this too... I just need to wait a few days for the background to dry off first!
I also have a double portrait of two stunning German Shepherds called Prince and Princess (brother and sister) to paint in artist's watercolours. This is a repeat commission from customer Lorraine and I'm looking forward to receiving some more photos in due course...
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