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| Meet Roy. He is the much-loved dog of a friend of a friend. Rhonda wanted to give Roy's owner a portrait for his birthday, as he had helped Rhonda enormously, helping her train and rehabilitate her rescued Boerboel [South African mastiff - much too large a dog to leave untrained]. So I get riding lessons from Rhonda and she gets a painting - great arrangement! |
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| This is one of the photos I was given as reference - not my favourite. To me, it looks more like a pit bull than a shepherd. |
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| But I gave it a try - still didn't like it. |
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| The photo resolution here is bad, but Roy's face is alive, looking back adoringly at his owner. |
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| So we're off ... |
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| Starting to look like a dog here ... |
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| Now this I like! He has animation, great expression ... and most importantly, Roy's owner loves it. Throughout the painting, I use my favourite animal colours - quin. burnt orange, quin. violet and indanthrone, as well as some permanent rose. And as much as I can, I paint wet in wet. Thank you for visiting! |
I love it, phenomenal work!
ReplyDeleteRoy's portrait is beautiful and it will look gorgeous hanging on Roy's owner's wall!
ReplyDeleteThe expression of this dog's face is priceless, and you captured it so well! What a wonderful present for his owner.
ReplyDeleteLove the two paintings, Kathryn. The tilted pose is awesome....it is definitely full of expression and his personality is coming out! Lol.
ReplyDeleteAh Kathryn - you certainly captured this dog's happy expression. I am sure his owner was more than pleased. Hope you are having a great weekend. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteNice job with Roy's painting :) he looks like he is a Malinois, nice really smart dogs :)
ReplyDeleteWell done and a good choice on poses :) I'd never heard of that type of dog but he looks fierce!! I can imagine he needs good training to keep in hand - and you get lessons in return! A great deal for all.
ReplyDeleteYou've transformed the 'ugly' into the 'adorable' without losing the likeness, clever and, I expect, pleasing the owner immensely. Well done!
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