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 https://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 🙂
Hi Emma,
I have just started following your videos and love your work. Above you reference DK 14.. I am not familiar with Unison, I use Terry Ludwig and Blue Earth mostly. Is that dark #14 in Unison?
Thank you,
Debbie
Hi Debbie, yes the Dark 14 is from Unison. Because they make up the main bulk of my palette it’s usually their codes I’m referring to. More so that others can check it out for themselves and maybe substitute for something similar.