Monday, May 13, 2013

Golden Rules and a Giveaway!


I clicked a picture of this happy little fellow, lazing on the lawns opposite the Ferry building in SF. The three things I kept in mind while doing this painting was 'Measure, Draw and Paint', which I have come to think of as the golden rules! One of Carol's recommendations was to have a grid as a reference for the initial drawing. That along with a value printout of the reference picture were quite helpful. Here are the demo pics. I had fun with all of the colors in his face and hair! 

     

As for the giveaway, its another of Leslie's 30 day challenges. I plan to giveaway a magnet of this happy fellow to three followers, drawn at random -> please sign up to follow by email for updates and/or leave a comment on any post. I'll also post the link to the winners blog/website at the end of month. This blog of mine is fairly young and a work in progress, and so is the artist in me! Any comments, views and suggestions are most appreciated and will encourage me to paint and post more often! Thank you!

7 comments:

  1. Love your painting - reminds me of our dog Ginger:)

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    1. Hi Martha!
      Thanks and Ginger is a lovely name !!

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  2. great smile and such nice lively brushwork!

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  3. I definitely use the grid method. Really helps. Good luck with the 30 day challenge. I'm doing it, too. I like this painting. I have a dog and I've seen this pose before! Great job capturing him in paint.

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  4. Sweet painting! I am also hooked on Carol's grid method and Leslie's challenges. Your portraits are amazing. Hope I win a magnet of this cutie.

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  5. @all - Thanks a lot for dropping by and for the encouraging comments !!

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