u/ExactAn1210

Good suggestion by a fellow artist redditor and now I’m pleased. The technique is totally different from my usual portraits. Involves charcoal sketch ( or you can charcoal the whole canvas and pull out the lights to create your sketch ); fixative on the drawing ; burnt umber imprimatura; grisaille in multiple applications ; color in multiple applications. Oil the surface between each pigment layer to awaken the paint after it’s dry-ish a couple of days. Labor intensive but what art isn’t ?

Thanks to u/farel85 I softened the shadows in her neck. Much better. Definitely leaving her alone now.

Almost finished with this one. Don’t think I’ll touch the face again. Going to finish up the background and possibly add a touch of the blue that’s in her eye color. Or not.
20x16” oil on Gessobord. Primatura base on charcoal sketch , then 4 applications of grisaille and now the third one of adding color. New techniques to me but a good challenge. I think I may do more.

After the heartbreak of losing my 7 year old rescue unexpectedly, I realized my life was feeling so empty without my sweet boy. I started glancing at rescue pages and even went to the local animal shelter. When I got home empty handed , I looked again and suddenly there was this face that captured me. I hadn’t seen this baby before and it said posted a week before. She was local but transported up north 2 weeks before. Had a great communication with the rescue and she came back the following weekend. She was scared , trembling , drooling from anxiety but the soft chicken toy reassured her and we brought her home for a foster to adopt trial. She settled down after a good meal and plenty of water and jumped in our bed that first night. She’s blossomed in the past 4 days and is such a good girl !! Walks with me on leash easily and comes when called. She knows her name. Today with a tracker she played fetch with us and brought the balls back to us then did zoomies. She knows she has her forever home now. Ordered Embark and will send it in when it gets here. She was listed as a Pointer but I’m curious what anyone thinks about the rest. It’s no matter as she’s stolen my heart and healed it.