Our Baby

[Pene]

MY IMAGE(S):



GENERAL INFORMATION:
Title: Our Baby
Year Created: 2005
Medium: Acrylic
Surface: Canvas
Dimension: 32cms x 21cms
Allow digital alterations?: Yes!

MY COMMENTS:
Scooby is a Papillon. French Butterfly dog. She is four years old and weighs 1kg.
Started painting in July 05. Sticking with the basic colours until I learn more about colours and hues.

MY QUESTIONS FOR THE GROUP:
Any helpful comments would be appreciated.

[dcorc]

Looks good - it would be nice to see a larger image - you can go up to 500 pixels wide, and 600 pixels high (this is 283 x 212 ).

Looking back over other posts, I see you're multitalented! - very accomplished in woodcarving, drawing, and stained-glass - as well as taking up paint, now.

Keeping to a restricted palette is a good way to begin - you've handled a subject here which many beginning painters would find very challenging, establishing form well, and giving this perky little dog lots of character.

One general tip, and particularly useful for portraits - it's always worth having a look at the work in a mirror - errors of anatomical asymmetry become much clearer if you do so.

Dave

[Pene]

Thank you very much for that Dave. How do I edit out this picture and put up a larger one? I appreciate you tidying up the double posts for me.I had never thought of using a mirror. What a great idea.

[dcorc]

Hi - if you post the larger image onto the thread in a new post, I can edit it in, above

Dave

[artbabe21]

welcome Pene to the Open Critique forum. Well done! You've handled the fur perfectly.

[Mikey]

I think your work with graphite is showing up well here Pene. Well done.

MIkey

[Pene]

Thank you for the encouragement, it is really appreciated. I never realised there was so much to learn about mixing colour. It facinating. I have now posted a larger picture which Dave has kindly offered to edit into this post. I have a lot to learn about computers too!!

[dcorc]

I've now put in the larger image you supplied

Dave