Let me catch you up on how I got to the finish line with Miki.
You saw the underpainting pretty well underway in the last post. I did deepen the shadows in various places, refined the eyes a bit, and the nose. I went about as dark as I could right around the lightest areas of his face, to really get maximum mileage out of the high contrast there.
Then I started washing in some color. I didn't get any progress pics of that because once I get going, it's hard to stop! One challenge in this painting is to get the mixture of influences right to get his subtle blue-brindle coloring warmed by some reflected light coming into the shadow areas. So, cool shadow area, warm reflected light, almost neutral almond-like fur color. Many layers went into it to get that total effect. I hope! I fussed a lot with the edges of the shadow/highlight areas.
I hear my pizza calling to me, so I'll let you all get on with YOUR Friday night plans.
Oops! I just realized I haven't notified Nancy that her Lottie is up next! Better do that now. Stay tuned! We're only on #5 of 10 (or maybe 17 ... we'll see!)
Have a great evening!
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