Ebony
acrylic on board, 12" x 12"
Sold.
This is Nancy's dog, Ebony; a Cavalier King Charles spaniel. I think. I've never actually met her.I meant Ebony, not Nancy.
I'm still sticking with a limited palette strategy: this was done using four colors, plus black and white.
The wood panel was toned with a wash of Raw Sienna. After roughing in the dogs form with pencil, I built the value masses.
The darker areas are mixes of Raw Umber & Ultramarine Blue, later overlaid with Mars Black.
The lighter areas are Raw Sienna with a touch of Ultramarine Blue & Titanium White.
Burnt Sienna was added to create the more intense warm browns on the legs.
I added mixes of Ultramarine Blue to the washed background. There is a wee bit of Dioxazine Purple mixed into the cast shadow. I'm now wondering if I should have worked a little purple somewhere into the background to create more unity. But it's also fine as it is.
The darker areas are mixes of Raw Umber & Ultramarine Blue, later overlaid with Mars Black.
The lighter areas are Raw Sienna with a touch of Ultramarine Blue & Titanium White.
Burnt Sienna was added to create the more intense warm browns on the legs.
I added mixes of Ultramarine Blue to the washed background. There is a wee bit of Dioxazine Purple mixed into the cast shadow. I'm now wondering if I should have worked a little purple somewhere into the background to create more unity. But it's also fine as it is.
