Three Labs, Finished
07 September, 2006 Filed in: Dogs | Landscapes
This is the Three Labs Portrait I've been working on for a while. I may still make some small adjustments, but it's more or less finished.
This photo looks a lot like a place where I lived when I was very little. Our family had a black lab named Peggy then and I wonder sometimes if I paint all black labs to look like her without meaning to.
The finished painting:
It's quite a large portrait (24" x 36") so here's a detail of the black labs' faces:
I had a good time with this portrait. I really like the way the lines of the landscape naturally draw attention to the dogs in the foreground. Read the rest of this post...
This photo looks a lot like a place where I lived when I was very little. Our family had a black lab named Peggy then and I wonder sometimes if I paint all black labs to look like her without meaning to.
The finished painting:
It's quite a large portrait (24" x 36") so here's a detail of the black labs' faces:
I had a good time with this portrait. I really like the way the lines of the landscape naturally draw attention to the dogs in the foreground. Read the rest of this post...
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Yellow Lab in Progress
05 September, 2006 Filed in: Dogs
I've been working on the yellow lab in the three labs portrait. Here's my latest progress:
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30 August, 2006 Filed in: Dogs
In the Three Labs portrait I'm working on, I decided to start with the two black labs, since I think they will be the most difficult part of the painting. Here's my progress so far:
Black shorthaired dogs can be hard to paint because there is very little contrast in the features. I used Photoshop to increase the brightness and contrast of my reference photo to help me see the light and dark areas more easily. Read the rest of this post...
Black shorthaired dogs can be hard to paint because there is very little contrast in the features. I used Photoshop to increase the brightness and contrast of my reference photo to help me see the light and dark areas more easily. Read the rest of this post...
Three Labs Portrait, Original Photo
26 August, 2006 Filed in: Dogs
This is the portrait I'm going to paint this week:
This is going to be a very large portrait, at 24" x 36". In the initial sketch, I adjusted the position of the labs slightly to make the spacing better. I am going to intensify the colors in the sky a bit and play up the white reflections in the black labs' coats to make them shinier.
I'm going to paint in the labs, then paint in the background around them. Read the rest of this post...
This is going to be a very large portrait, at 24" x 36". In the initial sketch, I adjusted the position of the labs slightly to make the spacing better. I am going to intensify the colors in the sky a bit and play up the white reflections in the black labs' coats to make them shinier.
I'm going to paint in the labs, then paint in the background around them. Read the rest of this post...
Jesse the Black Lab
07 May, 2008 Filed in: Dogs
I'm painting a portrait of Jesse, a black lab. I don't have a scanned copy of his photos, so I'll just show the finished portrait:
Black smooth haired dogs can be difficult to paint because of the low contrast of the fur. Jesse has a nice shiny coat so I was able to see his features well.
The steps of the portrait are after the jump. Read the rest of this post...
Black smooth haired dogs can be difficult to paint because of the low contrast of the fur. Jesse has a nice shiny coat so I was able to see his features well.
The steps of the portrait are after the jump. Read the rest of this post...