The Golden Gang

S.McPherson · #1 12-20-2007, 09:09 PM

Hi all, This is my first post here. The dogs belong to my son and his wife. She is very active in agility training, dogs have many ribbons. W/C on arches. this is my second pet attempt. All comments welcomed. Sandy

mgthorvaldsen · #2 12-20-2007, 09:43 PM

HI! sandy, I can see their tails wagging, they very much like the photgrapher, how many cookies did tis take? Lively and energetic painting, the middle looks in charge!!! Good fro you and hope to see more paintings of yours! Enjoy your christmas. Regards, Marianne

mhimeswc · #3 12-21-2007, 01:11 AM

This looks like a happy crew! Nice job on the dogs. I especially like how you handled their coats and the grass between their paws.

Michelle

Scene Chaser · #4 12-21-2007, 05:14 AM

Sandy, how do you get such great expressions? This is a great dog portrait!
Bill

**painterbear** · #5 12-21-2007, 06:13 AM

Sandy,
This is a terrific composition with each dog on a different plane within the painting—that adds a lot of depth.

You've certainly captured their individual personalities.

The only recommendation I have would be to add some of the color from the dog's into the background grasses and put in a few vertical strokes to suggest grass. It looks more like a carpet of green now because it is smooth with horizontal brush strokes. It doesn't take much, you don't have to paint the individual grass stalks, just a few vertical strokes should be enough to suggest it to the viewers.

Sylvia

CWood · #6 12-21-2007, 06:18 AM

You captured there spirit so well! Wonderfully done.

Carl

Emme2 · #7 12-21-2007, 07:54 AM

Love this!! Wish I could get my dogs to sit still for the camera! Love the
expression on the middle pup! Thanks for a smile! ~ Emme

**painterbear** · #8 12-21-2007, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by painterbear

The only recommendation I have would be to add some of the color from the dog's into the background grasses and put in a few vertical strokes to suggest grass. It looks more like a carpet of green now because it is smooth with horizontal brush strokes. It doesn't take much, you don't have to paint the individual grass stalks, just a few vertical strokes should be enough to suggest it to the viewers.

Sandy,
Here are a couple of examples of grassy lawns I did in my paintings to show you what I mean about suggesting grass:

This is in a sunny lawn:

This one had some cast shadows from trees:

Hope this helps.

Sylvia