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Puppy Portrait (Patreon)

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2020-03-14 14:47:40
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In this tutorial I take you through a puppy portrait from start to finish. I discuss my process of working dark to light and thin to thick. I am not a painter who paints individual hairs so I also go over how I suggest the fur with my brush work.  

 Materials 

Oil paint - Ultramarine Blue, Crimson, Indian Yellow, Cadmium Lemon, and Titanium White 

Medium - Linseed oil 

Canvas - Centurion linen panel 

 Brushes - I suggest using bristle brushes for the fur because they make a more imperfect mark than synthetic brushes which I feel translates hair better. If you don't have any it's no problem. I've painted a lot of pet portraits without them.

Please comment with any questions!

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Puppy Portrait

In this tutorial I take you through a puppy portrait from start to finish. I discuss my process of working dark to light and thin to thick. I am not a painter who paints individual hairs so I also go over how I suggest the fur with my brush work. Materials Oil paint - Ultramarine Blue, Crimson, Indian Yellow, Cadmium Lemon, and Titanium White Medium - Linseed oil Canvas - Centurion linen panel Brushes - I suggest using bristle brushes for the fur because they make a more imperfect mark than synthetic brushes which I feel translates hair better. If you don't have any it's no problem. I've painted a lot of pet portraits without them.

Comments

tanya james

I would like to see the photograph and I would like to see more explanation when you make your initial sketch teaching/showing how you get the bone structure correct. In this final painting the pup's nose looks very crooked, out of alignment from between his eyes. Is it because his dark fur is not centered on his face? Is he wearing a black scarf with no details included such as folds? Please include more description in your dialogue. thank you.

Ethan Rogers

So useful for what I’ve been trying to do lately. Thanks so much for the great tips!

Ethan Rogers

A more general question, how long do you keep paint on your palette before you need to refresh it with new paint? Usually I’ll have more out than I need for one session, but when I come back it’s skinned over and not as fresh or workable.

Chris Fornataro
>>33659853

Yeah that's the nature of the beast. I had a teacher in college that always said you need to be okay with throwing away a lot of paint. The last thing you want to do is put out less paint bc you all instinctually use less which you don't want to do. You can try wrapping your palette and sticking it in the freezer ahah it's weird but it works. Or saving paint in jars or tubes. Also the Gamblin paint( although more expensive) dries slower than W&N

Ethan Rogers

I think the tip in your YouTube video was the best advice, to just paint every day ☝️ thanks Chris!

Winnie Cao

Great tutorial! thanks for doing this!

Mitchell W Cooper

Hey Chris, love your content. Pretty new to oil painting but want to dabble in pet portraits. How did you use your linseed oil in this? Do you just use it with the burnt sienna to coat your sheet before the recording? Also how did you approach getting your sketch on your sheet? Are you able to eyeball it or do you trace out the main features somehow? Would love to see more pet portrait tutorials!

Chris Fornataro
>>55243913

Thanks! I tone the canvas with a wash of burnt siena and ultramarine using my paint thinner not my linseed oil. The thinner dries and sets up fast so it's easy to paint over. How I get the sketch on can vary. Most of the times I sketch it in with thin paint

Candi Hogan

Thanks for the demo! Started painting dogs this past year, after a friend lost their best friend, and got hooked on it. Was searching out dog videos on Youtube yesterday and found you! Question, see your materials list above, but saw you also used burnt sienna, and when you said red, did you have another red on your palette besides alizarin? I've learned already, I need some smaller brushes for the noses and eyes! Thanks!

Tanya Nelson

Thanks Coach! I’ve been working on a dog portrait for a while intermittently and keep coming back to this video when I’m stuck, or just to get back in “the mood”! It’s an excellent reference. I especially love the technique you show for painting whiskers (using the end of the paintbrush). Just want you to know that all the work you’re putting into creating these videos is making such a positive impact!

Michelle Blackmon

I quite like the raw background. Will you present it that way to a client or will on you before adding in a background ?