Day 44 - Bear

My new BFF Bear is done. He loves to watch to see what you are eating. Of course I wasn't eating a thing.  I did him a few weeks ago using a not too great photo of him.  This one actually looks like Bear.

Bear

Its much easier to paint a solid colored dog than a brindle like Bear.  Lots of little daubs of paint here and there to get the brindle effect.  Painted in my moleskine with cerulean, ultramarine blue, cobalt, and indigo.  Browns - yellow ochre wash to start, quinacridone sienna, burnt umber.  The greys and blacks are made with indigo, burnt umber and vermilion.

A TIP: Alot of people find it hard to get a dog to pose for them.  It's really quite easy...hold their favorite snack up and they will look at it.  Take a pic with the other hand...several if you have an iphone!! I have even sketched my Jack Russell Jazz by holding food over her head.  She would patiently sit there waiting til I gave it to her. I didn't have to do that with Bear.  He's such a chow hound that even the thought that I might have a snack for him was enough to get him to look at me.