Previous work
*This finished portrait can now be viewed in the Dog Gallery.*
Further
work on Tilly and Flip-flop for this entry of "on the easel". Carrying
on with the black dog, "Flip-flop". Trying to keep a nice sheen to her
coat but also trying to lessen the effects of the flash for more natural
lighting and to match the lighting on Tilly.
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I'm
continuing work on the portrait of Tilly and Flip-flop. I've created a
temporary mask from tracing paper to cover the left of the picture while
I work on the black dog (which I think is "Flip-flop"!). This will prevent the dust from the darker pastel transferring onto the work already done on Tilly.
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My
current commission is a double head portrait of two terriers called
"Tilly" and "Flip-flop". I'm really enjoying tackling the contrast of
the black and the white, the rough coat and the smooth in one picture.
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I'm currently filling out my Horse gallery. I've not done many Horses over the years so this one is for my own portfolio.
(This finished piece is now in the Horse Gallery)
Caesar
is almost finished. Just waiting on approval from his owner that I've
captured his character and that tricky grey colouring well enough.
Then I'll add a tonal background to 'lift' the portrait off the paper, to give depth and pull the whole image together.
Once
I'm happy with the balance of the image I'll then add the finishing
touches of detail such as individual hairs, highlights and finally the
whiskers.
(This finished piece is now in the Cat Gallery)
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The portrait I'm working on at the moment is a cat called "Caesar".
I initially found his particular grey colouring quite challenging and I am using 9 different pastels to achieve it!
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