As a Christmas present, I promised I would paint my sister’s cocker spaniel, Dolly. I have a few photos of her but I thought my sister might prefer a painting based on an image she’d chosen.
My sister, however, gets distracted by all sorts of stuff, like the builders arriving to take down her lean-to shed and then having to deal with the junk that has accumulated in the said shed. In her defense, she’s inherited the contents. None of it is hers. There’s a fair bit of it.
Anyway, I am waiting for her to send me her chosen image.
“Dolly won’t sit still when I try and take a photo!”, my sister complains.
So I may be waiting a while!
So in the meantime, I have been practicing painting other people’s hounds. I like to do quick tonal acrylic sketches as a break from oil painting. It challenges to think about tonal value rather than colour. Sometimes, it get it right, sometimes I don’t.
I also did a sketch of Dolly from a photo my mother had sent me. It may be the one my sister ends up getting!
I love tge livelyness of these sketches.
Thank you, Leonie
Thank you, Leonie.
Wonderful how you create this dog with only a little lines
Thank you, Marylou
Goldie and Gilda are my fav’s 🙂
Looks like you’ve been having some FUN with this, Emma! (I have promised two commissions as Christmas gifts, this year….now I am waiting to see what they want ….. I wonder how long THEY will take to decide, or if I should make a few suggestions?!) How did the subject decision come about with your sister? Just curious! 🙂
I know she loves Dolly to pieces and she’s a beautiful dog, so it was me that suggested painting her.
Nice quick sketches!
Thank you, Alli
These are wonderful Emma.
Thank you, Sue.