Artist: Nelvia McGrath
Size” 8”x9”
Medium/Support: Pastel/Paper
Artist Website: nelviasart.com
Painting Technique: The background in this piece is very impressionistic, it is one of the things that attracted me to the piece along with the beauty of the dog. However, I downplayed it so the dog is definitely the star. The dog itself is done with pastel pencils on sand Ingres paper. This is a method used by Colin Bradley and I am currently studying and working through his projects. While we had a Shepherd when I was younger I have never drawn one. This dog is such a wonderful example of the breed and a stunning model.
11 comments:
One word: Beautiful!
Oui, vraiment magnifique!
Oui, vraiment magnifique!
j'aime beaucoup
A really good study, very well done.��������
Thank you Pikassiette, Patricia, Larry and Syls for taking a look and leaving such nice comments, much appreciated. Many thanks LELA for this challenge and all you have done for us,so many years.
Outstanding work, truly beautiful and emotional !!
I think the best part of your painting is the dogs head and eyes, They truly are the thing that captured my atttention. I found the background very difficult to do and your technique is very good for this painting.
Thanks Isabella and Shirley. This is just a gorgeous dog truly at his prime and he grabs your attention, that's for sure. Shirley, backgrounds are always hard for me and something I am really going to work on. I dumbed it down a lot, but the real one captured attention. I have done better with backgrounds since I started using pan pastels.
Thank you all for looking and commenting, much appreciated.
Beautiful!
Your German Shepherd was very nice too!
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