I used to sculpt for a living. Now, I still sculpt, but I'm mostly retired. I talk about being old, still working part-time, life, gardens, dreams, wishes, regrets, etc.
Showing posts with label weimer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weimer. Show all posts
Monday, August 18, 2014
A custom painting I finished recently -- a Weimaraner puppy in his "SpiderMax" suit
This is Max in his "SpiderMax" costume. He's a weimaraner pup who likes to dress up! It's a custom painting I finished very recently and hadn't had time to upload until now. Obviously, he's sold already! He's a beautiful puppy, I must say.
Labels:
dog art,
dog artist,
dottie dracos dog artist,
weimar,
weimaraner,
weimaraner puppy,
weimer
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Weimaraner in Red Pickup Truck - Oops, I forgot to post this painting!
This is a painting I finished last week and forgot to post! It's a weimaraner belonging to a friend/customer of mine, who loves her weimer! I did a commissioned painting for her of this same dog, the one where she's lying down, with one paw out front, looking wistfully at the viewer. It's not too far back in my posts if you haven't seen it.
Anyway, this was a lot of fun because of the red truck and the glass and the reflections. I hadn't had any experience with such things, so I learned a lot from it. Hope you like it. Unlike most of my paintings, it's in acrylics as usual, but it's on a heavy watercolor paper, which I wasn't crazy about painting on, to be honest about it. First of all, it ate my poor hand up; it's really scratchy, which surprised me. Also, not being a watercolorist, I didn't realize how much watercolor paper soaks up any moisture. I like rich, saturated color, so I really had to lay the paint on - over and over and over! I'm finally happy with it, though. But I won't use watercolor paper again with anything but watercolors, if I should ever decide to give them a try.
Anyway, this was a lot of fun because of the red truck and the glass and the reflections. I hadn't had any experience with such things, so I learned a lot from it. Hope you like it. Unlike most of my paintings, it's in acrylics as usual, but it's on a heavy watercolor paper, which I wasn't crazy about painting on, to be honest about it. First of all, it ate my poor hand up; it's really scratchy, which surprised me. Also, not being a watercolorist, I didn't realize how much watercolor paper soaks up any moisture. I like rich, saturated color, so I really had to lay the paint on - over and over and over! I'm finally happy with it, though. But I won't use watercolor paper again with anything but watercolors, if I should ever decide to give them a try.
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