Doggie Drool

"Doggie Drool"
6x6 oil on gessoed panel

This painting was done for the Daily Paintworks Challenge. Artist were challenged to do a value study using a black & white photo of their pet and paint in color. I decided to further challenge myself to paint the entire painting with my left hand. I have done this once before and found I tend to paint looser using my left hand rather than my right.

On this particular day when I took the photo, Griff was stalking birds in the backyard and drooling at the mouth.




4 comments:

  1. So glad to see you back. Looks like you have had your hands full!
    Both paintings of Griff are beautiful.

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  2. We love 'em no matter what they do! Your dog portraits always have so much personality. Painting with your left hand sounds like a way to break a lot of automatic tendencies. I need to give it a try. Painting en plein air is something I'd really like to do but it's as difficult a notion for me as for you. I've been painting from photos.

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  3. Dripping with personality! This is so Griff, beautiful job--and left handed!!

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