Originally Posted by
Kate12345
Here is my commissioned dog. I made myself do all of it, apart from adding the background, in AR 6 and made a fur brush to use with it. I'm not 100% sure its as good as it could be but the original photo was off a phone, so not the best quality. I traced the outline and kept that in a layer i could keep referring to, then did a layer using paint daubs to get the underpainting and ensure the colours were correct. Then I added my top layer with the fur painted in, eyes etc. I don't like painting dogs with that peculiar pink nose and muzzle as its so difficult to get that dimpled look. The customer however does like it, and it is a good likeness to the original dog, so I have to be happy with that.
I am now a convert to Artrage, but have a long long way to go to master the brushes etc, but I absolutely love the way the paint moves on the canvas and want to practice with some nice paintings of my own.
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