A very special commission for a couple and their beloved Archie. I got to meet and photograph Archie who was a real gent! I love his thoughtful wee expression and as the piece was to be kept quite small I gave him quite a plain background.
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The finished piece, pastel on velour 12″x12″ |
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My line drawing transferred onto the yellow velour. I’m using yellow to keep the tone nice and warm. It has become my favourite tone for painting white dogs. |
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First layer is a Brown Earth shade from Unison. This will be nice and warm also shining through the top layers of the background. |
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I’ve toned that down and left a good dark shadow behind Archie. This made use of DK14 one of my favourites! |
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Using a Blue Violet shade to mark in the fur direction. |
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My favourite colour is purple, big surprise. A lot of my palette when I go to paint something focuses heavily on yellow vs purple. Does your favourite colour affect your colour choices often?? |
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Making use of the Light range from Unison. The top row of my Animal Selection Unison set has many off-white shades. See more about this set here http://www.emmacolbertart.com/index.php/2014/10/16/unison-pastels-animal-se/ |
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Working down the body working in the darkest areas first. |
Hope you enjoyed the progress. I don’t always have time to put lengthly explanations under each picture but I hope that by taking the progress shots it is helpful in itself. Please subscribe for more or take a look back through my earlier posts 🙂
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