Indie is a beautiful black German Shepherd with mesmerizing eyes. She belongs to a friend of my amazing niece Kelly and Kelly has asked me to paint her as a gift to her friend.
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| Indie with her Stuffy |
She looks so sweet with her stuffy in her mouth and I can see why Kelly would choose this photo as a painting. I am anxious to get started as this will be a labour of love and I only hope I can portray a good likeness of Indie.
I will be using Arches hot press paper, 140 lb and the finished dimensions will be approximately 12 x 16 inches. The paper has been soaked and is on the board (stapled and taped) where it will dry and stretch in the process. But first things first--the sketch. This will be done on plain paper then copied to transfer paper after which the sketch is then applied directly onto the water colour paper.
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| Transfer Paper Showing Sketch |
The colour palette for Indie will consist of a minimum of colours, black being the main one. In order to get depth to Indie's fur, the black I use will actually be a mix of two pigments--Winsor Newton French Ultramarine Blue and Daniel Smith Burnt Sienna. I don't have a pink for the stuffy so on the weekend I will make a run into Nanaimo to Iron Oxide Art Supplies and pick up a Daniel Smith Rose Madder. I'm hoping that will be a close shade.
Alright, so my paper will be dried, stretched and ready to go in the morning. Catch you later at Entry #2. ~C
