Thursday, January 24, 2013

A work in progress, Chocolate Lab Retriever, by Linda Young

It's been awhile since I've done a commission on a dog so I thought I'd share this step of my progress with you.  In this step, I wanted to focus on the bone structure and muscle formation of the Chocolate Lab whose name is "Sierra".  Sierra will get a lot more chocolate poured on her to make her coloring come to life; but in this step I wanted to get the reflected light from the water into the underpainting of her coat.

I didn't want to put the collar on the painting and will have to go to my sister's house.  She is dog sitting her grand-dog Sandy who is also a Chocolate Lab.  I'll study the Lab's neck roll fatty area and get a sketch done there to make sure I'm headed in the right direction on Sierra.

The photo I received via email to work from was the largest sized file they had; but unfortunately, it's very pixilated and a lot of detail is lost to cyberspace!

Stay tuned up and keep on painting.

Linda Young Watercolors
and Fine Art

4 comments:

Sue Marrazzo Fine Art said...

Your progress is amazing.....So Strong, LINDA!

Julie Riker said...

What a coincidence - I am working on a commission of a chocolate lab also....I am sure it is not the same one and my photo is REALLY bad - 3"x3" pulled out of an old photo album. I am looking at other pictures of the breed to fill in the gaps.
You are doing such a nice job!

Kathy Michels said...

Oh so adorable. This is wonderful - I know they will love this. Can't wait to see it finished!

Unknown said...

Thank you Sue. Julie, I don't think we are working on the same one. This is for a friend of my brothers who is getting it done for her husband. Thank you Kathy. Check out my blog for another post from today.