dogs drawings: masterpieces of the dog museum

[cyrillejubert]

Could you imagine that I would say that these drawings from the-dog-museum are not masterpieces ?

I drew them

... and my ego is sometimes a bit hypertrophied
but my talent too
is not it ?

mmmmm ?

[smkie]

Have you more work? Would love to see it.

[cyrillejubert]

Hi
I just come back from Palm Beach Florida, where I have been invited to give a watercolor workshop.
In fact my students were from very different levels in watercolor and even drawing, but I succeed to teach something to each one. I tryed to show them that you could paint anything with only four different pigments: ochre yellow, red magenta, cobalt blue and indigo (dark blue).

First lesson was a study of white. Mixing the 3 first pigments, we painted white hounds. Surprise ! It worked perfectly.
Second lesson.. mixing yellow, magenta and indigo, we could get a wonderful black to paint black dogs or anything. I chose a riding helmet.

Third lesson was to learn "to see". To see the reflections of disfracted light in real life, in photos and in paintings. See the blue, the yellow and the red reflects and the shades red-yellow, violet-blue, purple ....

Then I show how to paint a whole dog (always with my 4 pigments) exagerating these defractions.
I show you first a black & white image of this portrait
and then the original colorful portrait

[cyrillejubert]

Originally Posted by cyrillejubert

I show you first a black & white image of this portrait
and then the original colorful portrait

Sorry the image did not come up
here it is

[cyrillejubert]

Now here is a detail of the eye.

I painted this during the workshop... that means that I was painting in demo but at the same time, I had to get up and go to help one student who was drawned, with too much water on her paper for her watercolor... the other one was lost in details instead of painting the whole subject, or the third one ... well ! it was difficult to be concentrated on my own painting.

Nevertheless ! this study shows rather well how to give volume and depth in a dog 's eye. There are about 10 superposed glazes.

[cyrillejubert]

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I showed my students how to paint a humid dog nose.

You can see that there are a lot of tiny details and at the same time a real depth in the humidity of the nose, a strong light and a real shadow.

Once more, this has been painted with only 4 pigments
cobalt blue, ochre, magenta and indigo
look at the mustache...

Even if I did not have so much time to work on this dog... you have a lot of details.

[cyrillejubert]

This is still a study.
I was in Florida for a week. I started this portrait the third day in the afternoon... just showing light reflections here and there.
I Started the right eye and the nose the day after during the afternoon, explaining my work. The more you explain, the less you paint.

As I had an appointment with a gallery on monday, I really worked on the dog when the workshop was over, on saturday and sunday. No beach and no sun, too bad Sometimes, you have to give priority ...

So even so, this painting will stay a study. You cannot paint in 2 days what should take a week... but it is an interesting study.
You could find more dog portraits or dog paintings on my website...
and if you want to learn more about painting with three colors, go and see my watercolor lesson from my home page.

[smkie]

I wish I could have been in your class, you are inspirational. Thank you for a fabulous post!

[Renee750il]

I'm very glad your class went so well, Cyrille. The language didn't pose the obstacles you feared, did it?

Your work really is marvelous. Even this 'study' catches the steadfast nature of the dog you've chosen to depict.

[cyrillejubert]

Originally Posted by Renee750il

I'm very glad your class went so well, Cyrille. The language didn't pose the obstacles you feared, did it?

You are kind to ask... no ! as I arrived on friday in PB, I had time to speak a lot before the class on monday, so my english came back quickly.
Anyway, american accents are easy to catch not like english ones.
I felt rather shy the first day, but it is perhap's the same when different personalities meet for the first time. The second day, I knew exactly what I wanted to teach to each one. I had then a total confidence in me.
it is better so.

Do you paint, Renée ?