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Published: 2018-04-04 16:02:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 585; Favourites: 73; Downloads: 0
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Hei guys! I'm back with a much more nicer picture of my beloved dog.Time: about 4h
Material used:
18x24cm Fabriano 300g/m^2
White nights watercolors
Black marker
White acrylic marker
I'm actually thinking about taking commisions, would you be interested?
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What a beautiful dog
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When one considers that most of the artwork of animals that gets submitted to this site is pretty bad, yours rises above all that and is stunning, beautiful, and pleasing to look at. It definitely looks like you sat down and painted your dog while it was before you, and you could see what you were doing. (Though the head looks a little weird in the top picture. However, this issue is not present in the bottom picture.) It actually does seem like the first, upper picture served as practice for the second, as several strange issues on the first are fixed in the second, including where the head connects with the neck, and the highlights on the eyes. In the first, it looks like your dog is glancing sideways, because of where the light is shining.
But the second picture, being better than the first, is the one I want to talk about. You have captured the idea that the dog is nice and friendly, and fun to be around. Of course, I have no way of deducing this from your portrait, but may I hazard a guess that your pet is the type to sit there stoically, instead of pant around hyperactively? It seems like it could be a watchdog. As a matter of fact, you have drawn it with an expression that makes me think that somebody will crop the picture and add a caption, along the lines of preexisting image macros. The dog definitely has a “the person in front of me just said something so dumb I don’t know how to adequately respond to it” look on its face. I don’t know if you were going for that or not. If you weren’t, then that’s another minor thing you can work on.
And I think you ought to try commissions. I’m poor though, unfortunately, so I can’t buy any art from you or anyone else.
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Thank you for thaking the time to comment!
I mean, I just really love the start of your comment 
I also like the bottom portrait more, I guess I did not really get the angle of the top one, I should also corrent the reflections there.
You got it perfectly! I wanted to give the second dog.. well, oh, I cannot find the right word in English, I think something that the dog is really there just for you, ready to provve its love. Actually the dog I tried to portrait on the bottom pic was calm, she would just sit with you for hours, happy just for the fact that she was with you.
I guess I should work on expressions, I'm not that good in that.
Thank you one more time and I hope you have a wonderful day! 
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Golden are the best.
The nose on the bottom face looks too straight compared to the slanted head.
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Their expressions are wonderful, earnest and pleading. It makes me feel like this piece is really an interaction with the doggy rather than just a depiction. Your furry lines feel very natural and fluffy, especially the way you do the highlights and shadows. The rich chocolate eyes are smooth with near-perfect highlights, and their shape is what really defines the expressions. The alternately smooth and highlighted shading on the nose on the right portrait makes it look so realistic and soft. I did notice that the top of that nose is straight on, while the dog's head is a little tilted, so I think it should have a slight slant.
I love the white whiskers as negative space. It's both realistic and effective in adding to the movement of the composition. However, the one above the left eye on the upper left portrait does look a little like a scar because it's so perfectly horizontal.
Stepping back to view it as a whole piece rather than two portraits on the same page, I still really like it. Deciding to position them diagonal to each other gives the negative space a size and rhythm that complements the dual subjects. Usually pieces that have only a white background feel like an unfinished sketch, but this, to me at least, feels complete.
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Awww, thank you for such a long comment!
I guess I should pay more attention to angles, I'm not that good at that. I'm glad you like that "negative space" thing, I've tried it for first time, I'm not really experienced, I should have made the one on the top portrait less horizontal, you are right.
And thatnk you for your nice words!
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You're so welcome, and I'm glad you found it helpful! Also, I might be interested in commissions - and I definitely think you should go for it. Would you be painting portraits of people's pets?
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Yep, I am thinking about that, send me a note if you interested!
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You're welcome. And cute dog ^^
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Your dog is very adorable and you did a very nice picture of him/her
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