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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! |
