Patrick

Here is a recent painting of a friend's
German Shepherd. It's only the third time
I've tried to do a dog. It's about 11 x 12 unmatted. It's a Christmas gift for June.


I was having some problems with spotting in the background. Since I'm not the neatest painter in the world, I end up that way sometimes. I found that going over the background with white gouache helped blend in the background with the more noticeable spots and gave it a mistier look.
I don't usually like to use gouache with it because it can make it look chalky if you're not careful, but I like the effect this time.

Here is a batik I did of one of Katy's photos. It doesn't really look like her, but I thought the style was pretty cool. This one is a cropped version of the first one. I have to study it a bit before I decide how much to crop. Maybe the title should be "Star Gazer" or something like that. The finished painting uncropped and unmatted is about 12" by 13".