Yesterday, I started a challenging piece that is the 3rd in a series of paintings that I have been working on this year of Gold Prospectors. I was honored to have my work feature in the March/April 2013 edition of Gold Prospector Magazine. That was defiantly an exciting to see my work featured in a publication even if it wasn't an art magazine.
When I was doing some rough sketches of what I wanted to see in my next painting I came across a number of old prospector photos that included a dog. It seems that besides a mule or burro, a dog was often a companion for these adventurous souls. I thought it would be a good thing to include along with my aged prospector, man's best friend and a little leather pouch of gold. Probably the two things that were most likely to get him to smile. I hope that I'm capturing that bond here with my work in progress.
This work in progress has several elements that are a first for me. 1. I've not painted such a large facial portrait up to this point. My other prospector paintings have included the entire body form and therefore the facial details were not as important. 2. I've actually never painted a dog before and this will be my first pooch so covering him in a convincing fir will be a challenge. 3. Hands are always tricky and this painting will certainly be that. I will probably have to get my husband to be my hand model so that I can have a good detailed example to work from.
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| 12x16 WIP Oil Painting- Not yet titled |
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In case you missed them, here are the other two paintings that I have completed this year in this series.
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| 18x24 Oil- "Taking A Break" |
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| 16x20 Oil- "Just One More Pan" |
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