THE PROCESS
Meet Esme, a fearless little pug and my good friend for a year and a half. I have wanted to paint her for a while now but was waiting for the right time. Her human mom, Lee, has been sending me all manner of hilarious and precious photos but I was pretty sure the minute I saw this one that it was the one I wanted to paint. She is gazing at Lee with such adoring eyes! Ms. Esme I was pretty happy with the sketch I produced from the reference photo but as an afterthought, I wanted to make her portrait more personal. To do that, I decided to change her collar. Instead, I would have her wearing her hand-made beads that Lee had purchased from My Brown Dog . Sketch to be Traced onto Watercolour Paper I am using Arches 140# cold press water-colour paper. After the stretching process it will measure 8 in x 11 in. The stretching process didn't go one hundred percent but I think I can still work with it although it may mean I will have to 'iron' the paper once it is finalize...