WIP3 Black Labrador Painting – Nearly Finished!
I’ve managed to grab a few hours here and there to get some more work done on Poppy.
Basically just adding more thin layers and creating depth in the fur using paynes grey, ultramarine, burnt umber and some reddish brown mixes.
Also adding more thin glazes to the grass to blend the background, adding individual blades of grass and flowers stalks and a few flower buds using different greens mixed with some of the darker paint used in the dogs fur.
I’ve also started to add to the flowers to create the shadows and highlights that will give them form. The flowers are proving to be the biggest challenge, partly because I am working from several different reference photos because I don’t know what poppies look like in detail and because none of the photos have the flowers as I want them, I am basically making it up as I go:)
In the image above, I’ve started to add the darkest paint to turn Poppy into a black dog. The trick here is to avoid making her look like a big black blob! The highlights in her eyes really make her come alive on the canvas.
In this last photo, Poppy is finally looking like a Black Labrador, even though she still needs a fair bit more work. And I think she needs some liposuction on those lips, so I will have to post another update, and hopefully the final image, when she has had that necessary face lift, and had her whiskers added!
Michelle
Tags: acrylic, animal artist, artist, black labrador painting, canine, dog art print, labrador, labrador art, labrador art print, painting, pet portrait, pet portrait artist
June 20th, 2007 at 7:47 am
Looking good…my brother would love this as he breeds black labs.
September 24th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
This is wonderful.. wish i had your know how..