A Dog Absorbing Its Surrounding - A Stencil Watercolor Painting
I painted this stencil dalmatian over the weekend. Unfortunately I didn't take any progress photos because I had a busy weekend. This painting is a part of a series of dog paintings I currently working on. You can find the first two paintings on these links - SAC: What's Up Dog Stencil Acrylic Painting and Love Me, Please? Stencil Acrylic Painting & the Reason I Don't Own Pets.
The dog is alert to its surrounding, absorbing its environment - the smell, sight, sound - and pondering them all with fascination. This painting reminds me of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem, Dog. Here's the excerpt...
...the dog trots freely in the street
and sees reality
and the things he sees
are bigger than himself
and the things he sees
are his reality...
...although what he hears is very discouraging
very depressing
very absurd
to a sad young dog like himself
to a serious dog like himself
But he has his own free world to live in
His own fleas to eat
He will not be muzzled...
...the dog trots freely in the street
and has his own dog’s life to live
and to think about
and to reflect upon
touching and tasting and testing everything
investigating everything
without benefit of perjury...
What do you think of this painting? Please leave your comments below. Thank you!
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very interestin approach and for me very different. I am. painter myself and love watercolor, although I work mostly in other media.
Had to look at your picture twice to se what it was... so, love at.. second sight ;-)
Thank you for your kind words @reinhard-schmid :)
Wow, its amazing @coloringiship
Thank you @shlimmm :)
Nice artwork, @coloringiship! The poem is really nice too ^_^
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STOPAt first I didn't see the dog.. I saw an archipelago! but I guess the spots are little islands of black in a sea of white.. or could it be the other way around?!? good work @coloringiship
Hehehehe...I am glad you see it that way. The dog was meant to be obscure but if you look closely it is a dog :D
I saw a dog first time, so depends. I see dogs everywhere though so not so surprising.
I have nine here with me now
lol
very nice, I also think of myself first as a watercolourist, but most people can't see it.
nice work anyway.
when you say stencil, do you mean literally, you cut a stencil first?
Wow 9 dogs? awesome :)
Yeah I hand cut my stencils. It's a tedious process and takes a lot of time to complete. But I love pop and street art and want to incorporate that element into my personal style :)
I have never done that, or maybe thirty years ago or so I remember doing one
for me it's easier to just paint the shapes directly. less work
lol
big hugs
What I am doing is pretty simple but I have seen the complex multi-tones stencils here: https://www.stencilartprize.com/
Hopefully when I have a bigger space to work on I can do similar thing :)