How purple loving, Yorkshire artist, Purple Faye made the 'Betty' original 3D acrylic painting, dog pet portrait.
In this blog post, I’ll show you how I (purple loving, Yorkshire artist Purple Faye) made the ‘Betty’ original 3D acrylic painting, dog pet portrait.
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I figured out a new technique with my watercolor brushes to make more realistic short/fine hairs. I am absolutely in love with this painting, I think it may be my best so far.
About my process:
So usually I’d use a cut up acrylic brush to get an uneven/jagged texture that creates strokes resembling when used to paint. This is great with long haired animals if they have flowing hair. With short haired dogs it doesn’t work as well because of the hundreds (thousands?) of tiny little strokes required to get the texture right. This time I used an actual watercolor brush (a smaller round brush) and would flick any excess water off so it was mostly dry (but with pigment) and splayed out kind of wildly (more or less depending on how sparse or heavy/dark I needed the hair to be in each area) I primarily used a Windsor & Newton Series-7 size 3 (finest sable). The paper is 9x12. Adjust your brush sizing accordingly. I used a white gel pen for corrections. Often it’s too bright for a particular area on a darker dog so I’ll often rub it in with my fingers to soften the contrast!
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Hello! I'm open for a handful of A4-sized pet portrait commissions in either pencil or pastel for anyone interested in seeing their own animal-friends drawn in a similar style to any of the ones above.
Please find more details and order at my online shop and I'll be in touch via email. All will be completed before the end of March as i'm moving in April and price includes tracked shipping.
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