Want a pet portrait done? My commissions are open!
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!
Hi fishblr, anyone interested in a watercolor portrait of their pet fish? Will come with gold detailing and be on a white background as pictured.
*Artwork size is 6x6” cold pressed water color paper
* Price is $30 plus shipping for a single fish. Add $10 for each additional fish. Will take payment via cashapp, venmo, or paypal. I require a 50% deposit to start!
*Timeframe to complete art is minimum 1 week.
*I will send you 1-2 sketches and you can make up to 3 revisions, if you’d like to make more revisions it will be $5 extra per each revision.
Painted Gus today for the next of the stardew boys. Gus doesn't get as much love as he gives. Who doesn't love a good food guy? oops, he's trans. Happy trans day of visibility I'm claiming another stardew valley man.