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Sunday, April 30, 2017

Nelvia McGrath

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.

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11 comments:

  1. SolangeApril 30, 2017 at 6:04 PM

    One word: Beautiful!

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  2. Patricia WischlenMay 1, 2017 at 12:02 AM

    Oui, vraiment magnifique!

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  3. Patricia WischlenMay 1, 2017 at 12:03 AM

    Oui, vraiment magnifique!

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  4. Larry.tMay 1, 2017 at 7:30 AM

    j'aime beaucoup

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  5. SylsMay 1, 2017 at 8:00 AM

    A really good study, very well done.������‍��

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  6. NelviaMay 2, 2017 at 2:45 PM

    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.

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  7. isabella kramer - vereditMay 7, 2017 at 10:14 PM

    Outstanding work, truly beautiful and emotional !!

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  8. Shirley BondMay 9, 2017 at 7:42 PM

    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.

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  9. NelviaMay 10, 2017 at 5:38 AM

    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.

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  10. Angelique de VriesMay 10, 2017 at 11:24 AM

    Beautiful!

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  11. AnonymousMay 26, 2017 at 1:29 AM

    Your German Shepherd was very nice too!

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