Sadie Shitzu Puppy
Posted by Judy Moore Mudd | Filed under Animals
An original painting, watercolor and gouache on Arches 140# professional paper.
Size: Approx. 7 1/4 x 5″
We had a Shitzu named Sadie. She was a tiny thing–the runt of the litter. She was sweet as she could be, but prissy and stubborn! She’s been gone a few years but we still miss her. This was when she was younger, but we kept her in a “puppy cut” even when she was fully grown so she always looked like a pup.
My process: I started with her ears–at the top with Raw Sienna, Raw Umber and down to Peach Black at the bottom of her ears. I moved to her eyes, layering again, to get a translucent quality to her eyes. Her nose was always shiny, too, so I layered the paint, then used a wet brush to soften the top and bottom of her nose. The rest is pretty self-explanatory, finished her fur on her back, then used Thalo Blue and Raw Sienna to put her shadows in–around her eyes and underneath her belly. To finish, I used white gouache to make her long lashes and white fur, then added a little gray to the white to highlight her darker fur. Here is a detail photo of her eyes:
As always, comments are welcome!
SOLD! Collection: S.M., Louisville, KY
