Hi there, welcome to my blog. I'm hoping to diarize the process involved in doing an art piece in watercolour. Meet Bekka. She is a Greyhound Champion. Isn't she a beauty? I have decided to take on the challenge of rendering her in watercolour from this reference photo which was provided to me by Heather E. who is Bekka's mom.
I tackled watercolour for the first time in April during lockdown. After hours of practice and many frustrations I actually think I am finally learning something about the qualities and behaviour of watercolour pigments, best brushes to use and the difference in various papers . I have had several successes with dog portraits.
Normally, a portrait is a head shot, so Bekka will prove to be very interesting as she is at full stance and I have no idea where the process will lead me. Hoping it will be a success but I guess in the end that will depend on whether Heather is happy with the result.
I toss around different ideas in my head. Things like the finished size, type of paper and the task of rendering a line drawing that will be the basis of my painting. Of course, colour palette is tantamount and already I am certain I will be making a trip into Nanaimo to Iron Oxide to get some paper and new pigments.
I noticed on the reference photo that it has the photographer's name on it. It occurs to me that I should check into copyright. If it is copyright it will be necessary to get permission to copy it. I will contact Heather about this.
