Gilley – Rescue Greyhound Dog Pet Portrait
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007This is a small acrylic painting I am working on of Gilley, a rescue Greyhound from the UK. Greyhounds have the most beautiful, liquid, expressive eyes that are an absolute joy to paint. As a breed, Greyhounds have such a regal bearing that the deep purple background seemed appropriate for Gilley’s Pet Portrait.
With these smaller paintings, I am really trying to loosen up and capture the essence of the animal without being totally pre-occupied with capturing every last detail like I normally do in my pencil portraits.
I usually do my initial sketch on paper then transfer it to the canvas, but I thought I would just sketch straight onto the canvas this time.
But graphite on canvas dosn’t erase very well, so next time I will transfer my sketch the usual way.
Gilley’s face still need some more work and I need to finish painting the sides of the canvas as I have the painting continueing around the edges.
(8″x10″, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas)
Michelle
