Dog Paintings » expressive http://dogpaintings.com.au Dog Paintings sales to support dog rescue fundraising Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:58:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Newfoundland pup in pastels | Pet Portrait Artist http://dogpaintings.com.au/2008/09/dog-painting-newfoundland-puppy-pastels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dog-painting-newfoundland-puppy-pastels http://dogpaintings.com.au/2008/09/dog-painting-newfoundland-puppy-pastels/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:57:30 +0000 Michelle http://dogpaintings.com.au/?p=211 “Rainbows and Sunshine”, what else could I call this fun filled colourful pastel painting of a black Newfoundland puppy?  I really enjoyed painting this one, I really wanted to loosen up, and convey the personality without much detail, so I actually used a very bad reference photo that I had taken at a dog show.  (At the time I was disappointed that the photo was so bad, but the resulting painting is worth it I think:)

Painting realistic pet portraits means that I don’t usually get to splash around with lots of colour, so that was the main aim with this one – plus to capture the late afternoon sunlight and the glorious colours in his fur without using black!

“Rainbows & Sunshine”

Newfoundland Puppy Painting

Artist Pastels on acid free pastel paper.

Image Size: 11″ x 13″ approx

2008

$200.00 (includes shipping)

10% of your investment in this artwork will be donated to K9 Rescue

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"Rainbows & Sunshine" Newfoundland puppy painting by Michelle Wrighton

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