Animal and Nature Art

Watercolor, acrylic and pen and ink art by Elizabeth Cereby

Friday, February 14, 2014

Chihuahua Portrait

watercolor chihuahua portraits
Watercolor Chihuahua Portrait

Chihuahuas may be small and look oh so cute but they are yappy and hyper dogs, I know, I have one. Okay to be fair some are actually quiet and calm, but mine's not one of them.

I'm experimenting painting watercolor pet portraits in a fast and loose style.They are composed in landscape orientation with some cropping of the pet. The background I make by letting two colors mix right on the watercolor paper. In this portrait I used ultramarine blue and a bright yellow. I took such a liking to painting in this way that now I'm contemplating doing some wildlife paintings in this style.