Beautiful fine-art oil painting featuring Rosie's sweet snout, playing with her favourite chew rope. Rosie is a black Labrador Retriever. Her warm gaze radiates love and trust. Every dog lover recognises the look of a dog looking lovingly at its owner. The background with the colourful carpet and the elaborate chewing rope make the painting atmospheric and pleasant to keep looking at. Although it is a black dog, all shades of black are separately mixed with another colour. As a result, the colour black of the dog has lots of colour nuances and never gets boring. Because of the large amount of colours in the carpet, it looks beautiful in any interior and brings balance. The painting is made with the oil paint technique also used by the old masters. First, an underpainting was created on the canvas in the colours raw umber and titanium white. After this, I painted over the underpainting with transparent oil colours, in several layers. Accents are then applied with an opaque oil paint. By painting several layers on top of each other, the colours shine through each other and create depth in the painting.
In my paintings, I try to bring to life the unique personality of humans and animals in a beautiful atmosphere of light and colours. My oil paintings are made using the same technique as those of the old masters. First, I make an underpainting in the colours raw.. Read more…