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Well, i looked at a couple other's art journals & thought they were pretty awesome, so i wanted to start one of my own!:D
Currently, i am working on a painting of my 2 dogs, Meggie & Zero. Here's a picture of them & what the painting looks like at this stage.
I will keep updating the pages so that you can all see how the painting is coming along!
 

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Yah i know! It's my luck i ended up with both poodles n their silly curls but i don't think the white guy will be too much of an issue because i just cut his hair before the picture lol:lol: As for the grey (his mom, coincidentally) will be another story...
I love your journal btw! Awesome stuff! :)
 
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Well I'm keen to see how it progresses, it's a good learning curve to work from a tricky reference ;) You wouldn't believe how many terrible quality images, much worse than these, I am asked to draw a commission piece from. I feel bad charging full price for these works, as you just cannot get the detail you'd like into them.

And thankyou re: my art journal, haha it's confusing me seeing in my notifications 'my art journal' pop up, don't know whether it's yours or mine :P
 
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Starting on Meggie... shouldn't take too much longer to finish the body. I got ride of the glare in her eyes from the camera flash.
 

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Thanks! Yeah, i was a little worried that the grey's hair wouldn't turn out but i'm pleased (which is odd LOL!) I've wanted to paint those 2 for a long time but never wanted to take the chance with those poodle curls!
 
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Well it's what i feel more comfortable with. I've never tried pastel, but i love the way it looks. To me, hair & stuff always seems more realistic in pastel than paint...
 
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haha well either way, I admire your ability to work so well in paint. Some of the paintings I have seen on various art forums by artists who use paint as their primary medium, are actually so realistic that you can barely distinguish between the reference shot and the painting. I think with just about any of the 'realistic' mediums, it's all about practice practice practice a a bit of talent thrown in, to achieve that highly realistic appearance of your subject.
 
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A girl sent me a pic of her mom's horse for a commissioned painting, but she wants me to paint him running toward the viewer. She wants the background a solid color, so im thinking blue...
 

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#19 ·
Rheece

Ok, so i flew through this one because i've got another to start right away. I'm not a fan of the wall-eyes, but she really liked it so i guess it's all good :-|
 

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#21 ·
New one...

Still working on some commissioned, but decided to start one off the top of my head too lol I saw pictures of these lovely Mustangs for adoption on the BLM site & put my imagination to work...:)
 

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I decided to add another horse off the top of my head because i figured 3 would look nicer... It's just drawn out now. Still have to put it onto canvas.
 

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