{"id":6413,"date":"2017-04-21T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/?p=6413"},"modified":"2017-04-19T12:55:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T12:55:20","slug":"mel-newing-dog-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/2017\/04\/mel-newing-dog-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Mel Newing &#8211; Dog Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Mel Newing and I am completing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonartcollege.co.uk\/art-courses\/pet-portraits-diploma-course\/\">Pet Portrait Diploma Course<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonartcollege.co.uk\/tutors\/gayle-mason\/\">Gayle Mason<\/a>. I\u2019ve completed the 1st piece for exercise 4\u00a0which asks for a dog with basic background. This is actually an attempt at a commissioned piece I did early last year that I have been itching to re-do! I thought it would be great to see if I could improve on things from last year with things I ahve learnt form the course. The original photo is of very poor quality but having had a little more experience now drawing dogs I felt far more comfortable doing this. I am taking reference from other clearer photos for detail such as fur direction and basic nose shape, whilst still being able to keep as true as possible to the original photo.<\/p>\n<p>This is drawn using pastels on pastel mat paper, size approx A4, and I feel very happy with this piece. For the under tones I used quite a lot of blues and purples to get the dark tone of the fur without over-doing it with the black. I was aware of ending up with a black blob if I was too heavy handed, so used black for only the darkest areas by the ears\/eyes and the finer fur detail.<\/p>\n<p>It was interesting doing the background. I needed to add more pastel than I expected to be able to get a smooth shading\/blend. I chose to use a darker colour on the left to accentuate the light tones in the fur, and a lighter background on the right to try and make those darker areas appear darker. I\u2019m hoping go got there with it?!<\/p>\n<p>Mel Newing<br \/>\nPet Portraits Course<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mel.jpg 645w, https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mel-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mel-300x435.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Mel Newing and I am completing the Pet Portrait Diploma Course with Gayle Mason. 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