Colton From Start To Finish
Post #165
Colton
16 1/2″ x 22″
Watercolor Pencil Painting on Arches 140# Hot Press
So here he is all finished. I waited to post him until I sent an image to Karla Siebert of IERAL. He is a little more portrait-y than I would have liked. But it is a pretty enough painting that it will hopefully make them some money. I chose to do a background very similar to Catch’s portrait because of the time constraints. (Meaning I had no time to start again if I buggered it up.)
Progression of the painting,
The early stages with only the nose completed.
Head and neck are complete and shoulder is started.
Body is completed.
The mane is added.
The early stages of the background. Many changes yet to come before the painting is declared finished.
Finished image (same as the top most pic.) He is slightly tilted in this photo because I didn’t get it quite square in the camera lens. However, he is also leaning forward in the painting as that is how he stood much of the time while I was there. I imagine since he is blind, he does this when he’s curious about something.
