But I was able to get started on my friend's dog. She has been bubbling in my head for weeks now and just haven't gotten the nerve to put pastel to paper. But think at least I got enough of her down so that we can do an eye color check and also a fur check. My reference photos of mostly inside with flash and the one I have in sun is really bright light, so I am kind of guessing here. She is definitely part long hair shepherd and thinking I need to adjust in more rust tones, but just want some more input before I get into her face and take her way to yellow. This is somewhat a challenge because the black paper does funky things to the colors and I have to remember to put down purples before I do the yellows or I will get green. Since it's back to work tomorrow I just ran over and wrote myself a note to be sure I didn't make green or shades thereof. My inclination is that I am going to have to pop her up because on the black it dulls the colors down. I have already been using some odd colors to try to get close to the reference colors. Hoping I have enough paper tooth left as this isn't a really hearty paper. Oh well, this might be a great practice study piece at the worst.
Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great painting week.
Comments
vita!
Nelvia dear, you have a gift for portraying people and animals, giving to eyes a lot of intensity and life!
Have nivce week!!!