Work In Progress - Page2

Photo	Portrait Information
	Medium: Coloured Pencils Size: A4 Style: Portrait Animal: Dog Breed: Kleiner Münsterländer Name: Gajo Additional Information: This portrait will be drawn as a logotype for kennel Purreskoven.

Step1	Step2
On the First step of the progress I’m trying to find the right angles with help of a pencil. I’m measuring with the pencil from a distance of the paper. It looks quite empty on the paper at this stage with only a few lines and some shading. At this point I’m adding some base colours that will help me create a good light and right colours at the end.	This is the second step. At this stage I add some more shadows where they are supposed to be with some base colours. As you sure already know I can’t use only one colour when creating a coloured drawing. I usually use 10 different colours to create one. I use many layers with coloured pencils in order to create a realistic drawing.

Step3	Step4
On my third step I start to add some detail at the same time as I darken the shadows. I will add more and more darkness to the dog from this step. The pencil strokes for the shadows has to be added from different directions, otherwise the drawing can look rather flat at the dark places. I add the fur with the same directions as it is for real to make the drawing realistic.	Stage four is the step when I’m almost finished with the shadows. I already started to add details. Next step is the point when I start to work with only details and colours. The Portrait already looks great, doesn’t it?

Finished Portrait

closeup:

When my customers pay for the Portrait they want to see their photo or mock-up on these pages as soon as possible. After that, they come to check the Work In Progress many times a day! Good thing they do that, because any extra help I get from them as the owner of the Pet can only make the Portrait better. I always like to have the customer AND the photograph as a guide throughout the process of my Artwork.

Other wishes, no problem! Maybe your friend has already passed away and you don't have the perfect picture? Maybe you only have a picture where he was old already and want him to look younger? Don't worry, together we'll make him look young and full of life again and you'll have an ever lasting memory that will never fade! This all depends on further information and wishes of the owner. Sometimes people ask me to paint dogs, cats or horses that already have passed away and they ask me to make him/her to look younger then on the photo.

I have three Work In Progress pages because I'm usually working on more then one Portrait at the same time. Oil Paintings have to dry for a day before I can add more detail, meanwhile I can work on other Portraits. After the Portraits are finished, these pages will be updated with new work. Finished work will be uploaded tp my Gallery of Pet Portraits or Archieves, have a look at my complete collection there. Thank you for visiting my Work In Progress Pages and welcome back any time! It is impossible for a scanner or camera to capture the real thing, since there always is a slight change of color due to light effects in the room where the photos were taken...