Comments on: Dog Portrait : Taysia Blue WIP #3

By: Marcia

Marcia — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:52:34 +0000

Leanne, I think this one is pretty amazing already! :thumbsup:

By: Tabatha

Tabatha — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:24:59 +0000

lovely as always!!

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:20:09 +0000

I’m going to absolutely love the background color on this! Wow!!!!! Leanne – she looks so sweet, this is another amazing portrait!

I can’t wait to have my fur family on the wall together!

It’s as if Taysia Blue knows something special is happening. She’s held her head a little higher and puffed up her chest a bit more this week…. it’s as if she’s saying, “I’m a special dog too, I’m having my portrait painted!”

By: Leanne

Leanne — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:03:23 +0000

@Karen – Here’s some info on indigo, if you’re curious –
http://www.winsornewton.com/products/oil-colours/artists-oil-colour/colour-chart/indigo/

Because of the phthalocyanine, it is classified as a “medium drying” pigment (5 days to film). Since I use a medium to speed the dry time, it does dry faster – however, in most cases I use full strength color (very little medium) to get the darkest values possible, as it is my black.

:beret:

By: Tink

Tink — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:59:25 +0000

The portrait alreday looks good, after the final session it will be amazing!

By: Da Goddess

Da Goddess — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:49:10 +0000

I’m guessing that indigo and other darker colors take longer to dry because they’re denser. But that’s just a guess on my part.

I always find your process intriguing, Leanne. Never fails to make me sit here slack-jawed.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:18:06 +0000

I’m curious as to why indigo takes extra time to dry. I never really thought about it but I would have figured that paint is paint is paint irregardless of the color. That is very interesting to me. Also, am I understanding correctly that the 8 colors you mentioned are the ones you use in mostly ALL your paintings? ..because I find it very interesting that you can create so much from those few selected colors. Hmmmmm…………

By: Paige

Paige — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:15:04 +0000

Oooo…I likey!

By: Tay's dad

Tay's dad — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:53:00 +0000

Very nice… She’s a sweetheart!