The eyes are spheres and are shaded near the edges. For the “whites” of the eyes, I mixed titanium white with black to make a grey tone.Then I painted the inside of the iris with burnt umber mixed with a tiny bit of cad red to make a brown color.You can make black with ultramarine blue and burnt umber if you don’t want to use black out of the tube. First, I painted the pupil and outside of the iris with ivory black.Since I skipped ahead in my own process, I will quickly review how I got the eyes to look so real. It’s cool and a bit creepy at the same time.
In this painting and many of my other dog portraits, the eyes end up following me wherever I go.
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How to Paint A Dog Portrait in Oil Step-by-StepĮyes are magical to me in paintings and when they are painted, they make me feel like the subject has joined me in the studio. If you are new to painting a portrait of a dog, I would definitely sketch in the initial stage with vine charcoal, which is very easy to wipe off. You can also tone the canvas and do your sketch with oil paints. I skipped doing a charcoal drawing and went straight to sketching with acrylic raw umber thinned down with water. First, I toned the canvas with acrylic yellow ochre. Step 1 – Sketch The Dog Onto The Canvasīelow is a closeup of the sketch I started for this painting. By doing so, you are supporting a fellow artist. I may receive a small commission if you use them to purchase items. Note: Some of the links in this article are affiliate links. In this instance, my canvas was 8″x8″, so that is the size I made my reference photo which you can see in step 7. I’ll cover the entire process from the sketch to the finishing touches. I recently did a portrait of an adorable dog named Chewy and decided this was a great opportunity to show how to paint a dog portrait step-by-step in oil.īefore I started the painting I got a print of the image I worked from that was the same size as the canvas I painted on. Learn how to paint a dog portrait in this simple 8 step guide.
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