This piece was inspired by my pupper, Detour. He had to get surgery awhile ago, and he had to wear an inflatable cone around his neck. I always joked that he looks like he has a inflatable tube around his neck and that he looks like he is about to go swimming. Therefore, I decided to make my joke come to life. I really enjoyed making this piece. I love the color pallet I used. The blue, purple, and pink all look really cohesive and playful to match the light hearted subject matter. When I started out, I was afraid of making my dog's fur. He is all white, so I wasn't quiet sure how I was going to add darks and lights to white fur. I ended up painting an all blue base, waiting for it to dry, then adding white over it to get the depth I needed. This piece in general required a lot of layering. The reflection started out as a mirrored image of my dog. I then painted strips of color for water over the mirror image once it dried. Layering also occured in the sky. I painted a base of purple and blue, let it dry, painted a first layer of cloud, let it dry, did another layer of cloud, let it dry, and then finally painted the last layer of cloud. All in all, I really enjoyed making this and I really like the final product. Besides being well executed, it just makes me smile.
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June 2017
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