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Lola Daughters Pup, Can't decide on colour background and how do you paint better short hair
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For my taste, less is more unless you want a photographic painting. Just a few we’ll placed hairs can work well. As for background, I struggle with that too. I would put some shadow under the dog to ground it so it isn’t floating and maybe just a hint of neutral background. I’m no expert so I am sure you will get more advice.
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Agree with Katy - just put some shadow under the dog, and really any colour, applied as a background wash, would do - but keep it light, so the dog stands out; maybe a wash of yellow, or very light green? As for short hair, just the occasional flick will do it - a bit of dark here, a bit of light there. Is this gouache, by the way?
