Saturday, January 22, 2011

Impressionist Painting Colorful Hound Dog Art
Illustration Style Fauve Animal Art
Neighborhood Watch III



Neighborhood Watch III © 2011 Karen Mathison Schmidt
8 x 10 inches • oil on 1 inch cradled Gessobord

SOLD

private collection • Jacksonville, Florida

7 comments:

  1. You have a fantastic sense of color! I love this dog and the way he is intently watching out the window!

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  2. Another great animal painting, Karen. I'm partial to your cats, but the expression on this dog's face is very endearing. The colors are really beautiful.

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  3. wow, I love your style, and I agree with Linda, a fantastic sense of colour. You captured the moment really well and the way the light catches the ear works great.

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  4. Thank you, Linda! I do love color ... my hardest struggle in developing my style has been to try to rein in those colors a bit to keep them from battling with each other. I'm still learning!

    Virginia, thank you! I love painting animals ... I highly recommend it, even if you're afraid it won't come out right. I painted my very first animal painting only about 3 years ago (I remember that my very first oil painting of an animal was our cat Ray), after a lifetime of painting landscapes and still lifes, and I'm so glad I tried it!

    Hi, Ivana, thank you for your lovely comments! I just visited your website, and your work is beautiful ... amazing detail, and beautiful expression as well. Keep up the good work!

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  5. You do have fantastic sense of color and I think your color harmony is perfect. This is stunning.
    I've seen this colorful character before, no?

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  6. Thanks, Carol!

    Hi Mary, thanks for all your lovely comments! Yes, you have seen this sweet boy Blue, both in photos on my blog and in my acrylic painting "nothin but a hound dog" from January 2009. Interesting ... looking back I can see how his face is a little more mature now.

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