Chocolate Lab Commissioned Drawing
I finished up this old chocolate lab portrait the other day for @inkpixies's friend. It's been a busy week and I'm just getting a chance to make a post about it today. I'm having it made into a canvas print for them so this is actually my first physical commissioned drawing that I've done for anybody. The rest have all stayed digital as far as I know. I'm still amazed at how much I've gotten back into drawing so much over the last year. All because of Steemit.
I had to sort of mash the reference photo's they had given me together to get the final drawing sketched out before adding any colour. They wanted the head from one photo, the body pose from another, and I had to get some good colour reference from a third photo because the others were too dark to really make out the tones of the chocolate lab.
They wanted me to draw it the same way I drew this hummingbird picture I did a few weeks back. Sort of a pencil-crayon type brush. They had to ask if it was really done with pencil-crayon so I guess I got the right feel to it.
A dog is the only creature in the world who loves you more than himself
You mentioned Steemit helped you get back into drawing again. For me too. I think inner passion combined with financial rewards is the optimum recipe for long-term success. Followed and upvoted. I would love to see more of your drawings.
Thanks. Here's a post from around the holidays that shows almost the entire year's worth of drawing I did last year since getting my graphic pen if you want to see more. They'll be more coming so thanks for following.
https://steemit.com/art/@stephen.king989/an-entire-year-of-drawings-all-thanks-to-steemit
Nice work portfolio. I can just imagine what the end of 2018 post will look like.
That’s impressive for sure. I’ll bet the canvass version will be stunning.
A dog’s mouth exerts 150–200 pounds of pressure per square inch with some dogs exerting up to 450 pounds per square inch.
Very interesting #dogfact, @dogfact. Labradors among some others also have a renowned 'soft mouth.' This not only gives them the ability to except the pressure you described, but to also be able to carry things in their mouths without causing any damage. The famous example would be that a lab can carry an egg in his mouth without cracking it.
You painted very expressive eyes in a dog! And the shine of the coat is well drawn.
Thank you. I find it's important to get the eyes right when you are doing a portrait, even if it's an animal. For dogs, this really help make the face recognizable to people who would know the dog in real life.
Such a great picture nice one 👍
Looking so much real. Great art work