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Friday, February 12, 2010

ZOE, A Greyhound by Valarie Wolf


This is a portrait of Zoe, a lovely brindle greyhound done in the realistic style on a small 6" x 8" panel. The brindle stripes were a challenge---the reference photo had to be taped at 1" intervals to make sure I was getting the stripes in the right places. The muted dark green background really shows off her coat color.

Thanks for looking!

Valarie Wolf
http://www.valariewolf.com/

2 comments:

I'm Xan! I'm a person, I swear! said...

Nice job with the coat pattern! My friend (and fellow greyhound pet portraitist) agree that we should charge more for brindles! ;)

Lara Harris said...

Wow!All that detail in something so small!Bravo!