Saturday, December 5, 2015

Jack in Three Steps


Jack 
watercolor 
7.9x7.9 
matted 12x12 inches 
This painting can be found HERE
 
The photograph of Jack had his left side almost entirely in dark shadow . I needed to create his left side from what I have learned from painting hundreds of dogs.  The other challenge was to work from my lightest washes into my darkest ones. If you follow this blog you know that is not the way I usually work. But this painting required it.
Below are the earlier steps 






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