Pet Portrait by Jenny Harris

Pet Portrait
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Excellent control over the medium to get his coat so right, I thought it was pastel at first. Lovely work.

Thanks Val. A lot of my watercolours do end up looking like pastel as I tend to build my colours up slowly in layers.

He is gorgeous! Well done on getting the darks right Jenny.

Fabulous tonal work Jenny!

This is absolutely beautiful, what a wonderful portrait. I always mix my own blacks, too, for that very reason. He looks like a real happy soul x

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10/07/2015
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I thought I would post this as it's a contrast to the other mainly "cheap and cheerful" pictures I've added so far. It's painted in watercolour, and I mixed my own blacks, having very quickly found that a ready-made black or Paynes Grey just deadens a painting.

About the Artist
Jenny Harris

I paint mainly in watercolour, often including other media such as pen and ink, pastel or collage. My main interest is in colour and design and most of my work is quite stylised and often illustrative. I enjoy experimenting with acrylic inks, particularly using cling film to create texture, and…

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