Gunner and Duke
Posted by Judy Moore Mudd | Filed under Animals
About the Painting:
Watercolor on Arches 140# Cold Press paper
Size: 15×11″
I have not been able to post recently due to my computer crashing. I am still without my desktop, but today I have access to a laptop and decided to try to get on and let people know why they are not seeing paintings posted every other day. This is a larger painting I completed this year for a client It is of their two beloved hunting dogs, Gunner and Duke. One is a spunky younger pup along side the older, wiser one. They were fun to paint. I’m sorry this text isn’t coming out any better than it is, but for some reason, this laptop’s setup is preventing me from doing much with my post. Hope you enjoy this painting and I really hope to get back to regular posts soon.
Thanks for viewing!
SOLD! Collection: Cindy & Ron Gagliardi, Louisville KY
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
Bertie and Ernie
Posted by Judy Moore Mudd | Filed under Animals
About the Painting:
Name: Bertie and Ernie
Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Arches 140lb. paper
Size: Approx. 5×7″
I visited a farm a few weeks ago to do some plein aire painting. There were several goats there, but these two goats were always next to each other.
My Process: I used frisket on this painting to keep the whites pure and so I would have freedom in putting in the surrounding areas. So, after the frisket dried, I poured the background colors, lifting off the fence and adding darks next to the goats for impact. I then removed the frisket and began with very light shadow colors on the rear goat, gradually becoming darker to complete him. I move to the front goat and just painted the face until I was satisfied, moved to its shadow areas and completing fine touches to both of their faces. The finished with the front grasses.
Paint colors used were: Thalo Blue, Winsor Green, Winsor Violet, Cobalt, New Gamboge, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna, Perm. Rose, and Perm Green.
Price: $40.00, including shipping within the United States. Email me to purchase or for International Shipping rates!
Colby’s Eyes
Posted by Judy Moore Mudd | Filed under Animals
About the Painting:
Name: Colby’s Eyes
Size: 5×7″
Medium: Watercolor on 140# Arches paper
This painting is of my daughter, Sara’s service dog, Colby. He is a 5 year old, 85lb, Golden-Lab mix lapdog. Colby was acquired through Canine Companions for Independence in Columbus, Ohio, which is a wonderful organization helping disabled individuals live more independently. Here, I painted him without his working vest. He is watching the crowd milling about at Churchill Downs. He has expressive eyes and so that was my focus in the painting.
My process: I started with a light Cerulean blue delineating all of his shadowed areas in his fur. I then started with his ears and worked my way around his body using Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, and Permanent Rose, darkening and lightening as I went and leaving white paper where he had white fur. I then moved to the darker areas- nose, eyes, etc. using a mixture of Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Sienna and Alizarin Crimson to make a strong dark, leaving small white specks in his eyes and lower eyelids. When I painted the nose, I softened the upper part of his nose into his fur, blending it. I added a little darkening to his eyebrow areas and painted his toenails. The background I did last, with a mixture of Thalo Blue and Alizarin Crimson. Instead of painting around the bricks, I lifted the color inside the bricks, giving them shape. As a final step, I darkened the bricks a little under Colby’s body to make him blend with the surface instead of looking pasted on.
Price: SOLD! If you would like a commissioned painting of your pet, please email me a quality photo with good lighting in .jpg format. A 5×7″ is $40.00 plus shipping. Larger size paintings are available. Please email me for a quote.
Champ the Boxer
Posted by Judy Moore Mudd | Filed under Animals
Name: Champ
Medium: Watercolor on 140# Fabriano Aquarelle, professional grade paper
Size: 5×7″
I loved the face on this dog. Very expressive.
My Process: I started wet-in-wet glazes on his ears using raw sienna, new gamboge and burnt sienna, moving down to the colorful parts of his face, dropping in ultramarine blue for the darks around his eyes and down around his mouth. I added pinks to his mouth area and let dry, then worked his nose and darks on his lips, lifting out the lighter areas and adding darks inside his nostrils. I finished his body color before ending with the eye area. In his eyes, I first painted raw sienna, then added burnt sienna, and finally added ultramarine blue for the very darkest color. I painted around the specks of light in his eyes and on his lids. After the eyes dried, I carefully lifted the circular areas around the pupil, bringing back some of the underlayers of the raw sienna and burnt sienna to show the depth in his eyes. Inside his right ear, I lifted to show the subtle shapes and then dropped in some soft pinks. I finished with the background using a loose wash of cobalt blue, leaving a few white areas.
SOLD! Collection: M.S., Cumming, GA
Number 8 in the 5th
Posted by Judy Moore Mudd | Filed under Animals, People
Name: Number 8 in the 5th
Medium: Watercolor on 140# Arches
Size: 5×7″
Here in Louisville, KY it’s Derby time! The kick-off for the Derby Festival was last weekend with Thunder Over Louisville, the day-long aerial show along the Ohio River waterfront culminating with the world’s largest fireworks show at 9:30pm. Even though the weather this year was less than ideal (chilly and overcast), it always draws a crowd. Great fun for locals and visitors alike.
I thought it would be appropriate to have a Derby themed painting. This was actually painted similarly to a much larger painting (approx 22 x 28″) I finished a few weeks ago. The subject was from a photo I took at Churchill Downs during Derby week two years ago. Here is the larger original:
It can be viewed, along with details, on my website at www.watercolordesigns.com
My process: I started painting the background first, to get the white lines running through the painting. I then started glazing yellows and reds on the jockey, making sure I left light rim lighting along the upper edge. I kept developing the red, going with brighter and darker reds to get depth. I used Winsor Red, Scarlet Lake, Quinacridone Rose, Aliz. Crimson and added touches of blue in the shadow areas. I painted around the white straps of the jockey’s cap and the horses reins. The horse was painted with New Gamboge, Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet and Ultramarine blue–I finished the lighter areas on the horse with Quinacridone Gold.
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Elephant Hug
Posted by Judy Moore Mudd | Filed under Animals
About the Painting:
Name: Elephant Hug
Medium: Watercolor and Casein on 300# Arches
Size: 14 1/2x 22″
Welcome to my blog! This will be the first of many posts. I plan to show a new watercolor painting every other day so please visit me often.
Today, I’m posting “Elephant Hug”. I chose this painting because a friend called me after seeing it exhibited at our local Library. I had not heard from her in awhile, so it was a nice surprise.
“Elephant Hug” was inspired by a photo I took several years ago of elephants at the Louisville Zoo. I loved the way they looked with each other and studied the photo for quite awhile before getting down to painting it. My friend loved it and I hope you do, too.
To view this and other paintings, please visit my website at http://www.watercolordesigns.com/.
