A curious German shepherd dog: PADT challenge 67

My first painting for Paint and Draw Together painting challenge. I used cold pressed arches paper, 140 lbs and watercolor paints.

Smiling dog

I first painted this dog in watercolor. Not satisfied with the result, I used acrylic to improve the painting.

Liit, the dog

I had previously painted this dog on paper which I intended to give as a gift to the owner. But the finished painting did not come out as I expected it to be. So I made this second one on a stretch canvas to see which one is much nicer to be given away. I guess I will choose this one for the owner of the dog.

practicing with loose style

Painted this hare last Easter Sunday. I'm really having a hard time to loosen up with my technique. So as a guide, I checked some of the watercolorists with a loose style. One style that fascinated me was that of Jean Haines. I am wondering, from what I saw from her blog, how she could just produce a painting with some limited strokes. Anyway, above is the result I got after employing what I had observed from others' works. I used here a reference image from a local newspaper here in my place. The image served only for me to know how a hare really looks like.

squirrel sketch and happy easter

I began sketching this little fellow late yesterday. And this morning I did a little improvement on his eyes, then decided that it is done. The funny part in the sketch is that when I was busy with it, I thought this little fellow is a hare. Only to know after finishing it that he is a squirrel. Happy Easter to everyone.

Boris

This is Boris. He got the honor to be my first post for 2014. I was asked to paint him by a family member who wanted to give the painting as a birthday present. I hope they will like it.

Orly II and Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May the year 2014 bring you more success in whatever you do. And a more peaceful and meaningful life as well.

This is my second painting of Orly, my nephew's dog. In my first painting of hem, I used watercolor while this one is in acrylic. This is painted on 30x40 cm acrylic paper.

Another dog

Below is my second dog project in acrylic. This was the drawing I mentioned in my previous post. I stopped working on this painting in order to see if I need to do more finishing touches on it. I really enjoyed while working on this painting because I particularly didn't expect this result. I'm hoping that the owner of this dog will also enjoy seeing him in this painting.

My cousin's dog

I forgot to ask the name and gender of this dog. But he/she is my cousin's family pet dog. This painting is already framed, so it was difficult to get the real color due to the reflections on the glass. I used acrylic here and painted on acrylic paper, size 30x40 cm.

a cow sketch

We decided to buy a new computer because we were not able to bring back our old one into its normal working condition. It took us long however to make our new one works. We are not good in the technical aspect of the computer so we had to make some visits to the shop where we bought the computer for advice. Apparently, our old computer could still be just working according to the guy in the shop. Anyway, this was the reason why you have not heard from me for sometime. I'll visit all your blogs once we finished installing and fixing everything in our new computer. We have a laptop but that we use only for specific purposes.
     This sketch is an old one. I did not post it here earlier since I could see that something is not right in the cow. Anyway, you can see that it is a cow, he!

Mother and child

Last year when I was on holiday in a farm in Saulieu, France I witnessed the birth of a young cow or calf. I saw how the mother cow underwent a caesarean delivery. This was done since the mother cow could not deliver her baby naturally. While the mother cow was standing, the veterinarian made a cut vertically on her stomach, just enough for the calf to pass through. After some seconds I saw one of the feet of the calf coming out from the cut. The calf was pulled out from the mother's belly and was laid on the ground full of dry grass straws. While the veterinarian was busy stitching the cut, the farmer took care of the calf. When everything was put in order and the mother cow began to move to the direction of her baby, I wondered what she would do. After some minutes, I saw her giving a gentle touch to her child. What a marvel to see how the mother cow showed her love for her baby. It was so amazing and touchy scene. I was able to take some photographs of the scene and I used one of them to work on the above painting.
My intention in this painting was to represent what I had seen between the mother cow and her child. The painting itself is not remarkable, but what is important for me this time is what it represents. I know I need to improve it or perhaps paint a new and bigger one. This painting is only 18x24 cm or 7"x9.5".

Orly

This is Orly, the sweet and cute dog of my nephew. I love dogs but having one in the house is a big no for me. But when I met Orly, that attitude I thought changed. He is so lovely and clever. He is friendly to everyone and very loving dog. He shows us why we should care and love him. 

Anyway, this painting is not yet finished. I stopped working on it since I became doubtful as how to proceed further. I planned to paint it loosely but it turned out not. I find his nose not really good and I have to darken further the area under his ears. I also want to paint a light violet background, but not sure yet if I'll do that. I plan to paint the background just around the painting and not in the entire background space. Maybe some of you can give me advice what to do next. This is my first attempt to paint a dog.