Wednesday, November 26, 2008

K9



This is a character sketch I made on Monday evening while 'vegging' out on the sofa.
It was a warm up preparation for a commission I am currently working on with acrylic on canvas. I sketched it from a photo print out in approx. 15 minutes, directly in ink and was rather pleased with how it turned out...Let's hope the commission goes as well.
I wanted to post my progress shots of the commission for you but my camera is currently with a friend who borrowed it to photograph an exhibition for me. Hopefully I'll have it back in time to take a few work in progress shots before completing.



Remember this guy? I posted about my success with him back in August.

Well, today I received notification that a customer has placed another bulk order for him over at Greeting Card Universe, that's three bulk orders to date!

What a guy!

10 comments:

Lisa Adams Reed said...

Oh my gosh! You did this in 15 minutes?! And, it is so wonderful. I see how you are able to be so prolific. Such a proud dog, this one! You are so good at capturing an animals' personality--the Mastiff with one eyebrow raised cracks me up! You so gifted and put in the hard work required to perfect your gift. You amaze me every single day.

Margaret Ann said...

Oooh, YEAH! I totally second, with numerous exclamation points, everything Lisa just said...

Oooh! Their faces oooh MY! :)

You ARE amazing, dearest Anita!!!!

winna said...

He has a wonderful almost human expression---very different than usual---hope to see the final one...It'll be great...

Capt Elaine Magliacane said...

You are the champion lead free artist... this is a wonderful study of a fine looking animal... and the Mastiff.. is a good boy... a very good doggy.

kazumiwannabe said...

Your page with the dog sketch is awesome! Love the new look of your blog too :) !

Stephen Hall said...

You have a way with dogs, If I get them to look right, it is pure chance!

Stephen Hall said...

ps. my post worked thet time!! It's foggy here... surely that doesn't make a difference???

Dianne said...

Good for you cangrats, it is beautiful drawing of the dog..

Dianne said...

I do hope you do more sketches of your animals and birds, you do a fantastic job...

Serena Lewis said...

15 minutes?! You are so talented, Anita! A beautiful sketch and it doesn't surprise me at all that the Bull Mastiff has been getting ordered in bulk....just look at him...who could resist?! Congratulations!