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Painting gifts

June 27, 2008

                 Twitch, a pet portrait

Cloe, 16 x 20 inches Acrylics on wrapped canvas.

I don’t know if I’ll be able to finish The Fourth of July as planned in time for the American holiday. Leaving for Canada on Monday, and will be away for two weeks, I’ve been painting and drawing a few gifts for relatives, one of them this pet portrait. Still tweaking a few details.

I started playing with space and subtle texture with scratches using my fingernail under a wet cloth. The space under the dog where the beach and log meet is implied more than defined, partly for interest’s sake, but also because if we were looking directly at the dog in real life, that space would be in our periferal vision, and not a primary concern. In reality our focus is on the main subject.

 

Categories: acrylic painting, animals, work in progress |

One Response to “Painting gifts”

  1. Chris Bolmeier Says:
    June 27th, 2008 at 7:36 pm

    Love the pooch, his face is cute as a bug, very painterly. Chris

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