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 :)