What a handsome young dog Remus is. He was a real joy to paint so I hope his painting was a great birthday surprise for his owner.
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| The finished painting 20″x16″ pastel on velour |
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| Blocking in the background. Because he is lit from the front I’m just creating a gradient of colour from top to bottom. |
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| More layers added and blended. |
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| I had a demo evening at Portadown Visual Arts Society and brought him along to work a little. I managed to get the groundwork for the top half of his face pretty well done. |
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| I’ve continued in the studio now and am going back over my worked areas bringing the fur forward another layer. This tiny shard of Unison pastel is most useful for making small marks. |
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| Using lots of blue, deep navy and deep purple on his face as well as black. German shepherds tend to have a lovely navy sheen off their dark bits. |
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| Working my way down his chest area. |
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| Close up of his face. |
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| Remus framed and ready to hang. |
Hello Emma. I would like you to recommend other colors to complete the Unison set of 36 soft pastels Animal , especially for very colorful fur (more purple like BE23, BV, Y or A ?). Greens for the backgrounds (grass), I order on Jackson’s Art and do not see the colors well on the Unison chart. Thank you very much in advance for your help. Friendships from France
Hi Martine,
Apologies for my slow reply, but I have just released a video showing how to add more colours to you palette over time. You can see it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNc7wNnbI8s