Pet Portrait: Grey the Border Collie
Grey is the first of 3 commissions from one person, so I'm going to go ahead and assume that he lives with the two cats I'll be posting in the next day or two. And if I know anything about how energetic Border Collies can be, and how obnoxious one of my beagles is with our cat, then I can only imagine the circus going on in this house. Then again, Border Collies are super intelligent, so maybe he's smart enough to read the room. After all, look at that face. It doesn't scream mischievous.
Original Photo: I lightened up the original photo since Grey was sitting in shadow.
Paper Used: 400 Series Flannel White Strathmore Artist Paper cut to 8×10″
Prismacolor Colored Pencils Used: I actually used my warm grey pencils for once. This NEVER happens. Now I can go back to neglecting them for a couple more years.
Black - PC935
90% Cool Grey - PC1067
70% Cool Grey - PC1065
50% Cool Grey - PC1063
30% Cool Grey - PC1061
10% Cool Grey - PC1059
90% French Grey - PC1076
70% French Grey - PC1074
50% French Grey - PC1072
30% French Grey - PC1070
10% French Grey - PC1068
90% Warm Grey - PC1058
70% Warm Grey - PC1056
50% Warm Grey - PC1054
30% Warm Grey - PC1052
10% Warm Grey - PC1050
Dark Umber - PC947
Dark Brown - PC946
Light Umber - PC941
Putty Beige - PC1083
Blue Slate - PC1024
Carmine Red - PC926
Pink - PC929
Salmon Pink - PC1001
White - PC938
Progress Pics: Now that I'm recording my drawing process, my mind is juggling reminders to start and stop my timer on my current iPhone, start and stop the timelapse video recorder on my old iPhone, and take progress pics as I go. It's a miracle that I remembered to take these four, honestly, though I am bummed the last two aren't as fun as the first two...
Timelapse Video: At 4x speed
Time Spent: 14 hours and 21 minute. I don't know if recording this drawing to make a timelapse video kept me more on task, but usually a drawing like this would take me at least 2-3 more hours.
Up Next: As mentioned above, I have the two cat portraits to post soon as well. Then I'll have to decide on drawing a random dog breed to add to my portfolio, such as a Dalmatian, or try out my newer version of Corel Painter with some digital portraits of St. Louis Cardinal players.
Until next time! Lauren H.
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