The Bo-Dog

This week I have been working on a picture of our dog Bowie. I'm beginning to feel more comfortable with my new super soft Unison pastels, which I am now augmenting with some much harder Prismacolor NuPastels. I do an under-painting with the NuPastels and then finish the piece with the Unisons.

This is actually the fourth animal pastel I have started in the past few months and I think I will try a few more. As I get more adept with the sticks I am really enjoying the richness you can bring out in a piece, and I'm starting to have some fun with using the texture of the paper as an integral part of the artwork.