Blue Dog

This is a painting of my French Bulldog, Flash! I originally made it so that my family could have some home decorations for our, at the time, new dog.

I took a picture of him and turned that image black and white to see the different values. From there I painted each value of the image a different shade of blue, in order to give it a three dimensional look! I decided to use blue because out of all the colors, I thought that it would be the most visually pleasing. I also think that the blue is a great color to display both the bright highlights, as well as the darkest of shadows.

When it was all said and done with, this piece was the first bit of work that I felt truly proud of. At the time, it was received so well that it was displayed in our area’s local art competition! It’s been the favorite of many that I have shown it to, and it will always remain as one of my personal favorites as well!

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