~ Musings of an Artist: Lilly The French Bulldog

I love the way Lilly has turned out! Her sweet expressive face is just like I remember when I first met her. The nose was giving me a bit of trouble, but I finally breathed some life into it. My favorite are the eyes however. I posted these detail shot so you can see what I mean.

The finished painting in high res can be better viewed here

Below is a detail shot of the ear ~

This is the 2nd stage of the dog portrait in progress. Lilly's coat is a light beige and she has a lot of pink tones around the muzzle. Here I have started to apply the color keeping always in mind what the underlying skull structure is like. As I continue to apply paint, make corrections and pay attention to surface texture, the painting will take on a very life like quality.

Meet Lilly a little French Bulldog with a very sweet face and demeanor. I started to create the painting by putting down a foundation of monochrome color.