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Author: candienjames, Contributing Editor
| The title of my painting is Fortitude because of the strong nature and presence of the great dane.
For this painting I worked on a 16"x20" studio quality Dick Blick canvas, using Liquitex high viscosity paints. A thank you to Crias for providing the reference photo to the WetCanvas Image Library. |  |
_small.jpg) | I appologize for not including
an earlier pic. The first step is pretty simple, I used a natural sponge and various shades of burnt sienna and titanium white to create a studio background effect. I then took my golden taklon flat and blocked in the outline of the dog using a thin but still opaque layer of paint, making sure to leave plenty of tooth on the canvas. (I have included my easel in the photo to give some indication of size.) |
_small.jpg) | At this point I have just filled
areas in using grey to give a better foundation for the shading. I wanted to get in enough of the details to see if all the main components were in right. |
_small.jpg) | At this stage I wanted to add some white.
I did this by dragging my brush across the tooth of the canvas, from the area that I wanted the lightest, until it blended into the grey shadow area. I also added some colour to the eye. |
_small.jpg) | I then used a mix of Cadmium Red Medium Hue with Titanium White for the tongue and the pink showing in the ear.
I also added a touch of white for the highlight in the eye. I deliberately worked with a limited pallette as I felt this would bring out the strong statuesque solidness of the Great Dane breed. |
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