This is Seattle, and the sun has been hiding itself for weeks. Tulips are trying to reach out, life is holding back from the burst that in past years has already made it's explosion. It's been cold. So we've been dreaming.
Willy, a very large dog- Dog art, Seattle, WA
Willy is a huge and somewhat scary looking dog, with sorrowful eyes. This made him particularly difficult to portray- I didn't want him to look threatening or sad, but it was just his natural expression. Here is a series showing first, the final painting, then the progression of Willy from the red couch to the final painting. The red couch was too overpowering and the composition had too much horizontal movement. I changed the couch size and color, and moved Willy to the right so he is emerging from the side, thus lessoning some of the horizontals. The blue couch worked better but the red pillow was still overpowering, and Willy was too small. I also moved the background objects to the right for more balance in Willy 3. The final Willy to my mind, achieves a balance of elements- every object seems to be teetering or hovering, but balanced just enough that they don't topple over.
Willy 1 Willy 2 Willy 3
Back to Blogging Dog Art!
Back to Blogging! I took a several month break from blogging to build a new website, paint some new paintings, go skiing, and to procrastinate on blogging. But I'm back, and as everyone "in the know" tells me, it is essential to blog if you are in business. Strange off beat business I have, painting dogs, but here it is.I thought I'd start anew with something old, from my previous caption the image contest. It seems to express my state of mind during the recent months of neglecting the blog. I am posting my favorite caption to this image from the contest of two years ago. Please feel free to post your own caption!
"In the bag, Dog." Tracy
To see more images with captions, visit this page on my revamped website here, and click on the image to see the caption: http://nancyschutt.com/humor
The Good Dog Art Blog has begun again...
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