“Bayàe – Portrait N°2” – Work in progress – Day 1 and 2

“Bayàe – Portrait N°2” – Work in progress – Day 1 and 2

Facebookians could see almost in real time the progress of the second portrait of this beautiful Poitevin called “Bayae”

Here are the different steps of the work on the painting:

peinture chien courant - dessin preparatifStep 1: very detailed drawings of the dog  : we can see that everything is there: the volumes are drawn by light grids that will give me also the directions of the fur.

peinture chien courant - travail sur le fond flouté

Step 2: I work on the background blured  to highlight the portrait of the dog. The composition and the grounds management are almost photographic.

peinture chien courant - travail sur le fond flouté

Step 3: Work on the ear : the details are already here.

peinture chien courant - travail sur le fond flouté

Step 4: Work on the white fur of the neck : 3 to 4 different shades of gray are needed to highlight the fur.

To be Continued …

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