Shasta’s white ruff is finished.
A set of custom notecards is included with my portraits. Usually the whole portrait is on the card. But I think just Shasta’s head in this close-up would make a perfect card. With the bits of background in the corners removed, just Shasta on grey background. I like the way her head forms a heart shape.
Colored pencil is great for doing hair and fur. You can see how I’m using the grey of the paper for the shadows that give shape to the white hairs in her coat.
Cheryl wrote:
“Wow wow wow!! Favourite progress update so far!!”
“Shasta”, a portrait of an Australian Shepherd in a forest scene, in progress.
Commissioned by Diane Barnes as a gift for her son Takeshi and his fiancé Cheryl.
🎨 Prismacolor pencil on grey Canson paper, 20 x 26 inches.
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