- Jasper
Jasper: 2" square scratchboard with watercolor. *gifted* - Golden Retriever Pup
Golden Retriever Pup: 2" square scratchboard with colored ink. *sold* - Addie, Cocker Spaniel
Addie: 2" square scratchboard with colored ink. *commission* - French Bulldog
French Bulldog: 2" square scratchboard with watercolor. *sold* - Style
6" x 6", $55 - Off Duty?
5" x 7", $55 8" x 10", $85 - Determination
5" x 7" - $55 - K9 Ronin
7" x 5", $55 12" x 9", $95 - Safety
7" x 5" - $55 - "Tell Me More About 'Sheep'"
4" x 12.5", $75 6" x 18", $140 - Cody
One of the dogs I petted to get my dog fix while we were traveling. - Ronin - Reference Photo
My reference photo of K9 Ronin - taken at an Sacramento Sheriff K9 Association event in 2014. - Ronin 1
Very early stages of this drawing . . . Ronin will be the easy part, that's why I started working on the car first. I wanted to figure that out before I started on Ronin. I'm going for a sketchy, "blueprint" effect for the line work that's outside of the full-render zone, with a transition between. Ronin will be in color, everything else will be black, white or grey. - Ronin 2
More progress on the car. That "STAY AWAY" lettering took a while to get right, and I'm knocking it back with a tattoo needle. There's still a lot of "sketchy" stuff going on - just to block things in. That's the beauty of scratchboard, I can tidy all that up as I go along. There's plenty of blending work to do where the drawing shifts from positive to negative, and that section under his paws will take some time. And THEN I can start on Ronin! Since he's in front, I want to have all the underlying work done, so I can layer his fur on top - Ronin 3
Starting to scratch Ronin now. There are some areas of the car that still need work: the moulding at the top of the door, the window frame on the right, and that entire part under his feet, but the rest is done. I knocked back the linework in the negative space areas with a warm grey Pitt marker. It was too contrast-y before, I like it better now.