I started this painting in the new year after the local new forest hunt Boxing Day meet. I took a few nice photos of the hounds, I had planned the image I wanted to get, but there were so many people that attended the meet in support, that I really gave up trying ( I will attend a quieter meet during the season, maybe I will get lucky then)? Itching to get painting after Christmas, I started on this solitary hound. I did give up on him for a bit, then finished off this week. I plan to paint him again in a more abstract style, which I have started, so it would be a good comparison.
“dwell alone” watercolour foxhound 14×10″coldpress 140lb
dwell alone” watercolour foxhound 14×10″coldpress 140lb
RebeccaEvans Create 
Beautifully done Rebecca! I love hounds.
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Thank you, me too, they are such confident big dogs, my dog is pretty scared of that 😀
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Beautifully captured!
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Thank you so much Cindy 😀
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Love the angle… and as ever… those eyes are amazing! 😍
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Cheers Charlie, it was hard to see his eyes, infact the whole photo was a little out of focus, better luck next time I think on the photography side 😀
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Amazing.
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Thank you Gretl glad you like him 😀
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this is so so beautiful – it reminds me a bit of my Mikey who we lost 2 years ago. Bittersweet – beautiful!
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Thank you jodi, I bet your mickey was a great person, so sad to loose our special pals, bittersweet moments ❤️
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Mikey was my dog 🙂
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I did guess he was yours…I do often refer to them as special people in fur coats, one of the family 😀
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oh – oops – sorry – I didn’t catch on to that – 🙂
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Lol, no worries, mickey must have been so handsome ❤️
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Incredible painting, as ever, a hound who very much appears to be dwelling on something. I love his floppy ears, and those eyes are simply astonishing!
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Thank you Jacob, I think he had his own adgenda, probably looking for food, fallen from the supporters, lol
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Just curious, what kind of brushes do you generally use to do your paintings?
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I use a round brush size 10, rigger and a brush I cut up for hair, it’s a stiff old brush, which I cut into, it works great, similar result to a rake or fan, but more random look as I made myself. I also use a mop squirrel hair, and sometimes a small 2 for eyes, but generally the round 10 is good enough as it goes to a good point, I think the hand made brush is my fav for animals though 😀
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