Josh

Reference Photo

First Attempt

Josh, 16x20

This was a challenging painting!  I used my smallest brush for most of the fur, which was time consuming.  It was also a fairly large painting with a lot of black, which also takes a lot of time.  But, I really love the texture on his nose, and how it turned out in general.  I was reminded as I was working on this painting the effectiveness of layering color, and it worked really well (and took a lot of time!).

So, I'm glad to have this one done.  And the client loved it too :)

Diesel (Deviant Art Original 3 of 5)

Here is Diesel!  I had a blast painting him, as I did the other two paintings for this show.  That may be in part because I had a lot of freedom to do whatever I wanted, because these weren't commissions.  That, and I had great pictures to work from.

Unfortunately he was the last portrait I was able to get done in time for the show.  But, I still showed up with three great (and large!) portraits, and this one sold right away! :)  I also won best in show out of more than 30 artists!  I had a blast and hope I'm able to do another show soon.