First dog portrait

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I think you've done an amazing job considering your colour blindness. handsome fella!

Wow I agree it's a fantastic portrait, it's lovely and the colours look just right

Agree with the others, a great looking dog portrait Spencer.

You captured a great personality, superb dog portrait Spencer.

A very good portrait, Spencer, especially as you mention having problems with some colours.I’m going to have some more goes with watercolour - I only have pans but plan to buy some new tubes. Thanks, too, for your comments on my work.

My pleasure Marjorie and thank you for your comments. I find it easier to use tubes as they have the colours named on the outside of tubes. Once I use pans I have to draw a plan of where each colour is and find difficulty seeing the depth of the colour.

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16/02/2022
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First attempt at a dog drawing/ painting. I usually do cat themed paintings. I find it harder due to my colour blindness to see the shades of fur. My watercolour crayons and paints have to be labelled for me so I can work out the depth of colour I may need.

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Spencer Lambeth-Angell

I only took up painting during the lockdown so a lot of my work is experimental trying to find out what techniques work well for me. Decades ago I trained as a Primary School teacher with art and design as one of my subjects but textiles was my main area of work. I enjoy painting and drawing but am…

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