I was really looking forward to this project because I've wanted an excuse to draw my dog, and I just haven't had time to do it at home. I choose the photo because it was up close of her, and since she was wet, you could see the details in her fur. The only thing I don't like about the photo is that she's making a miserable face because it was after a bath and she hates them. I used the medium chalk pastel pencils because we had just used them in drawing and I learned I work fast with them, and we have a lot of projects to do this semester, so my hope was to finish this project on time, which I did. Choosing warm colors to do her face was a good choice because I was able to add more of a variety of colors instead of just her normal fur color, which was a lot of bland yellow. To balance out the warm colors I made the background using cool colors. Some issues I had was getting all the different colors in the fur. In the picture there are different colors integrated within each part of fur. Another thing I had trouble with was blending different colored section together, like the more darker or redder section together with the lighter or more orange section. Overall I think it came out well, but I could always go back and fix it, along with any project I do. It was a fun subject and medium to work in, and I would love to draw my dog in colored pencils if I had the time.
This project was hard for me because it was my first realy piece in oil paint, and my first portrait. For something that was different than just a regular portrait, I did different makeup and more of a shocked expresssion. To start this project I grided it out since I had never done portraits before and that really helped with the position of the eyes, nose, and mouth. Some problems I had while doing this was the nose because most of it is shading and not standard lines. Another problem I had was being to thin in my layers while painting. What I found good about this piece was that it was very easy to blend out the values, and the teeth that were showing actually turned out looking like teeth. Overall I think this piece came out well, but I would like to do another portrait again, now knowing what I learned in drawing about where everything is placed and how to properly shade it.
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March 2018
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