I’ve worked with the eyes some and am having a hard time of it for whatever reason, so I decided to do the hair details and get back to the eyes. I’m pleased with how the hair is coming out, and look forward to doing more today. It’s coming along nicely, and I think this will actually be one of my best dog portraits to date! (not the best, though, that’s reserved for Bon. heh) I do have to ‘recolor’ the front hairs. To get them to stand out better I’m doing them lighter than they should be, then going back and washing over with the proper color. It’s a technique I’m quite liking and will use again. The reason I’m doing it this way is because of the color of the dog. It’s a bit of a hard color to get, and having to get the brighter hairs to really ‘glow’ like they do on the dog, the over-light will make them stand out more.

Getting the hairs sorted out.