Okay, I’m done with this. I revised the background, modified the eyes and nose, and added whiskers, and ear fur (dry brush). I wish I hadn’t used the red for the undertone, but it is what it is.
Reference photo by Milada Vigerova on Unsplash
I am painting this on an 8×10 canvas which I toned in a cadmium red hue over a year ago. It’s based off a photo on Unsplash that was then enhanced (eyes yellower, shadows bluer, etc. etc.) by Ali Kay of Fresh Paint. (I’m enrolled at that virtual classroom for some of Ali Kay’s lessons.)
Photo by Milada Vigerova on Unsplash
I painted this dog on the sofa based on a reference photo by Alyssa Fleischer, part of a January 2022 “painting party” at Acrylic University. It is also viewable on YouTube here.
This was painted on an 8×8 canvas panel. The dog was done in Titanium Buff (aka Unbleached Titanium (PW 6:1) and Burnt Umber. For the window panes I used the same — but added a touch of Mars Black. (I am going to go back and redo the panes, painting with a straight-edge 🙂
The greenery base was Chromium Green with some Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White, and Cad-free Yellow Light. The sofa I painted using Liquitex BASICS blue-gray and since it’s a “student” color, it darkened a whole lot after drying, but I think I’ll leave it as is.
I’ve never really considered digital painting before because I don’t have an iPad or an iPhone. Instead, I have an Android phone, and a Kindle Fire 10. However, one of my favorite artists on Instagram (Teddi Parker) has posted occasionally some work she’s done using ArtRage Vitae. So I decided to check it out — and to my surprise it’s available not only for Apple products, but Android and desktops (Windows, MacOS).
Okay, then. I bought it for $2.99 on Google Play and loaded it on both my phone (can’t see using it there, though!) and my tablet. Below is my first work.. a sketch of my cat, Simba, based on a photo I took of him some time back when he was on my lap. I saved it before I finished his long white whiskers (well, really I messed up with layering and had to start all over again.)
Not bad, for a first attempt. I used my finger, and am debating purchasing a stylus to see if that helps.
I did this charcoal pencil sketch of a flamingo in my Arteza sketchbook. My intention is to paint it at some point.
This is a sketch of one of my cats which I did with compressed charcoal last fall.
This is my first animal “portrait”, based on an image by Nikki Luijpers from Pixabay.
I love black Labs! Never had one, but a roomie from 40 years ago had a black Lab named Emma, and I just loved that dog! BEST DOG EVER.
This quick study was done on 6×8 gessoboard, which I gessoed again to get rid of the smooth surface, and then painted over with Neutral Gray 5.
I based this quick study painting on the rooster painting in Mark Daniel Nelson‘s 50 small paintings acrylic painting book.
I started out using Amsterdam Acrylic’s Turquoise Green, doing the outline using a burnt umber Liquitex paint marker. I found that for my in-progress photo I could not get the color I saw with my eyes to show up in the camera. The camera displayed a sky blue; in Adobe Photo Essentials, I was able to adjust the color to some degree, but as you can see from the below sample, I didn’t get the true color. (Not that it matters now; I painted the background a mix of Unbleached Titanium (Liquitex), Burnt Umber, and Yellow Ochre.
The true color of the background (turquoise green) was closer to this:
This was just a quickie — and unfinished — painting. The background is blue gray from Liquitex Basics.
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