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.

Day 41- there was a reason

Noah stopped at 40 days but we shall keep on keeping on. But first I had to draw them. Behind because of my just born new granddaughter.


These are quick pen sketches of my sons pit bull Bear who's snoring next to me on the sofa.










I actually like them both. Done with fine and medium pitt pens on cardstock.











I don't like this one as much as the first two and I actually started this with a pencil. I do like the lettering. I added my Pentel varsity pen in turquoise to it. Think it's a nice effect.

Posting this before it's time for day 42.

Day 22 - back to work

Painting my son's pitty Livia in his living room.

Livia

Watchful

Dark. Was a struggle. In my moleskine. Watercolor Pitt pens

babysitting

This is the best one...she was sleeping when i did it...

my sons pit bull Livia this weekend...shes very sweet..a little wild..its her first birthday...I made her stay outside the sliding glass doors when i did this one...my fav is the one in the top right corner...she was looking down thru the rails of the deck at something in the yard below..after going in and out all morning hyperactive Livia FINALLY got tired! Her nose is a little long in this pic...she likes to sleep on Jazz our jack russells bed....and Livia can barely fit but she curls up into a tight ball and tries to fit it anyway...she wants to sleep in the princess bed...which is what we call Jazz when she sleeps in it!