Pet Rottweiller Portrait 02
While examining this layout it seems very easy to be distracted by his positioning because his whole body is not on the canvas.
With a plain ground surface, this is exaggerated. So, some varying shapes of green are dropped onto the lawn below him to separate that surface from his body. Also, darkening the ground near his rear hips seems to help show how his body recedes away from our view in a much more believable way.
I am slowly rendering the many different details now. Darkening the darkest places and adding rich brown to his fur everywhere. I make sure there is a slight lit edge on his jowl line so it will not get lost in his body surface below. A rim light.
Being very careful around his eyes, lining his eyes with dar lids but making sure to leave the whites of his eye outlines there along with his lighter eyelids. Lastly, adding wetness to his cornea and dropping a darker rim around the outside edges that frame the gold in the center. I love to paint eyes.
Smoothing and straightening the links of chain for the edges of his collar. These are the most tricky areas around each link of his collar, and also the shiny parts of his nose.
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