Saturday, April 17, 2010

Corgi Fans - part 2

The Corgis are coming along nicely, however, the fur is flying...so to speak.
Painting a representation of the thick fur is quite challenging, as is getting the likeness just right.

As you can see, I have under-painted the background in a variety of colors using the wet-into-wet technique.  I plan to lay one or two more thin  layers of paint over the background, adjusting the values as necessary to make the doggie faces "pop".  For the Corgwyn, I am using wet-into-wet, wet on dry and dry brush methods to illustrate the fine furry friends.

Along with painting this one, I have started another piece which I'll show you next week.  I find working on more than one painting at once has always been easier for me.  During the painting process, I frequently set one painting aside to dry.  I study it many times over days or weeks and make adjustments large and small.  In the interim, I work on other paintings until time to set them aside for study.
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3 comments:

  1. Debbie, I love your picture of Watson and Tinsel. I am Tami (jeepgal) from C2BC that Doug visits. I saw the picture he posted of you and Gromit and saw the website on it. I looked at your other work on here too and it is really good. I have done watercolors and acrylics before and also photography. I haven't done any drawings or painting in a long time and I am still very novice with photography. I would love to be able to learn from you but unfortunately I am in Oregon and not close. I just wanted to say very nice work. :)

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  2. Tami,
    Thank you for your beautiful compliments. I can always use the encouragement. Perhaps we will get to meet one day and share art and Corgi stories.

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  3. Checked out your website. Wow awesome watercolours. I liked your scratch art as well. The best I'm seen. I've never tried it.

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