Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Black Pug

Here is the secret:
When painting black dogs (or cats) start on a piece of black background.  Then add the details!  Not that it saves time, but it is like Michaelangelo said about sculpting a horse.   (I freely translate:) "Just take a block of marble and carve away everything that does NOT look like a horse."


2 comments:

artbyjune said...

It works great as a technique as he/she is a lovely little pug.

Unknown said...

Yay! I have been following this blog for a few months now waiting to see a pug and he is finally here! Thank you...I really like your work :)