I stumbled upon this delightfully handsome chap on Facebook. Archie belongs to my friend Fran. I was messing about with back ground effects, and decided to add Archie to the splodges of paint, it started off as a practice/play, so I had only used my cheaper paper, after starting in ink I then added some watercolour. I was quite pleased how my play time had turned out….why does it happen that way, maybe I should alway use the good stuff? I have now sent Archie to his mum, especially as she will be getting married so very soon, a small gift to cherish, I am sure he will look great framed.
‘Archie’31.5×24 cm coldpress ink and watercolour
RebeccaEvans Create 
Beautiful portrait…..I think that is why I always use good paper, because you never know if a magical moment happens. Also I think that I am addicted to how paint moves on good paper. 😉
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I know now, hard lesson learnt, thing was it was only supposed to be playing with back grounds, I guess I will not do that again…..well hopefully!
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hehe….never say never! I keep telling myself “never to paint without my value sketches” yep, I have broken that as many times as I have been good!
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I am sure to break my own rules too, they are there to be broken 😀
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you got that right! lol
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Yes, for some reason the messing about always turns good when it is on cheap paper… we relax due to lack of pressure at ruining expensive paper perhaps?
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Yes yes…it’s that Murphy law! But in a good way 😀…it was only 90lb paper, great for messing about, swatches etc.
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Oh Becky! It is GORGEOUS! That pink and goldish brown background just make Archie’s beauty pop!
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Thank you jodi, I was so happy with the background, I actually created it by blowing the paint, I think this technique would also have looked better on good quality paper….one to try again in the future 😀
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You’ve caught his alertness. (K)
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Thank you Kerfe, he is a handsome boy, and of course a great photo taken by my friend 😀
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Beautiful! I find black dogs really difficult to paint. You’ve done it really well. 🙂
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Thank you so much, I usually make them blue, with this one it was tricky as I had used carbon black ink, so I had to use lots of lights, contrast high….carbon black is great beca use it is super water resistant, the best I have found yet 😀
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Sounds really interesting!
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I still avoid as much as possible black and white animals….always a challenge 😀
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This painting is awesome. I haven’t tried watercolor yet, and every single time I read one of your posts, it makes me want to do watercolor :P.
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You should go for it, I always used to avoid them, eventually I found the love, I only use oils in the summer so I can open my back door, save on fumes!
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Ohh don’t worry about it, you got it right! Loved the pink background too 😍 I’m sure your friend will love this gift!
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Fabulous, and the background adds to this wonderful portrait.
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Thank you
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