Sue Linton Artist
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Creation of Rex , Hawk and Grizzly
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Sue Linton Artist Page 1 of 2 Creation of Rex , Hawk and Grizzly |
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The creation of a multiple portrait.
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Carole wants me to create portraits of many of her dogs. A lot of the portraits are posthumous and the only photos we have for reference are very old blurry ones.This is the story of a few of those portraits
Carole thought she would like to have a wall filled with portraits of past and present dogs. I suggested that an Oil on gallery wrap canvas would be the best way to present them. There is no need to frame the painting and it is the most economical way of having a multiple Oil portrait done. Our first portrait was of Rex , Hawk and Grizzly. With Rex , Hawk & Grizzly I created a background that was subtle but best highlighted the colour of the dogs. This would be the theme for all subsequent portraits so they would look good hung together on the wall. Carole found all the photo's she could of each dog and emailed them to me with a note as to which were her favourites. As the portrait was a multiple dog portrait as well as trying to pick the most flattering and sharpest photos we had to choose ones that would look nice next to each other and suit the design. Here are the photos we selected. |
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Grizzly Now this one is more like it! A nice happy pose , pretty sharp and eyes and nose details good.
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Rex This was the most flattering photo we had of Rex. It was a cropped section of a photo taken from a fair distance away and the quality left a lot to be desired. I would usually say it wasn't good enough to use for a portrait but as it was a posthumous portrait Carole said to just go ahead and do the best I could. As you see there is no detail in his eyes or nose . They are just black blobs.
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Hawk This photo wasn't that bad although Carole asked me to straighten his ears in the portrait. It still lacks a bit of detail in the nose and right hand cheek area. For the best results in a portrait I need to be able to see the bone structure of the face as each dog is different and that is what helps make them unique! |
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Because we were using several reference photos that weren't very good I had to average out the portrait. I couldn't have Grizzly really sharp and detailed because we had a clear photo of him and then paint the other two who had unclear reference photos more generally. I averaged the three portraits so the overall painting would look cohesive. Here is a mockup showing suggested placement of each dog in the portrait. I sent this to Carole to give her a rough idea of what the finished portrait would be like and get her feedback. We decided this was the way to go and then I did a sketch of each dog and sent them for her approval.
If necessary changes can be made to the sketches at this stage but Carole was happy with them so I could then start to paint! The sketches are shown below. Sorry they didn't photograph very well. |
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Here is the 1st finished portrait
Rex , Hawk and Grizzly 35 x 74 cms Oil on gallery wrap canvas " It's awesome! I'm more than happy with it! Carole Click here to contact me and have your own special portrait created! |
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