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One
of the most frequently asked questions that I get asked is
" Do you do paintings of
say,
someone's dog, in other words, can you do a painting of MY
dog?" The answer is unequivocally, yes...I most
certainly can create for you a beautiful painting of your
dog...
.or
cat....or horse, llama, bird, pig, cow, monkey, etc......The
majority of my work over the
years
has consisted of commissions to paint animal best friends.
The
most important part of the process is good reference material,
ie. good photographs.
I can't stress this enough. If the photos aren't good enough,
then I will not be able to do
justice
to the animal...I will not be able to portray the spirit,
the personality, features, etc.
of
the animlal if I don't have good reference material to work
with. Now, this does not
mean
that the photos have to be professional quality, but obviously,
the better the photos
the
easier my job is.
A good example of what I mean is the typical photo taken by
a person in a position above
the
dog. The photo on the left is an example of this...the
photo
on the right, even though
the shadow's are a little strong, shows the correct way to
photograph the dog... |
