Zelda portrait in progress 7 - Back after a long break

Resuming work on Zelda, the portrait of the Top Twenty show Doberman, after a VERY long break for health issues.

Now working on her forelegs.

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I put in the black areas first to orient myself. Then the highlights, then fill in the mid-tones, blending and attaching to the lights and darks, to indicate the shapes of the bones and muscles. I’ve ended the black coat of her foreleg and below that will be the rust part of her coat that will be a different set of colors.

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These are the pencils I’m using for her black coat, and her rust areas.

I love the way the orange and rust colors "pop" on the green paper.

“Zelda”

BISS TT GCHS CH Lookout Tawee v. Radiant CGC, WAC, Top Twenty contender 2018

🎨 Prismacolor pencil on “Light Green” Canson Mi-Teintes paper, 17 x 20 inches.

Commissioned by Doberman breeder Susan Ramos as a gift to Zelda’s owner Diane Tennison.

From a photo by Susan Booth.