Friday, January 09, 2009

Quincy and his cobalt blues

"Quincy the Pitbull"
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Yesterday I was listening to Pandora's box ... a very cool web radio type service that serves up music based on your likes. They kept playing great blues tracks I had never heard before. Anyway ... I was working on Quincy and in a very good creative place. This was a fun project as the client wanted primary colors and lately I have been thinking about, hmmm, more like hungering for cobalt blue & yellow. These are pure hues that I very seldom take out of my crayon box. I usually like to dirty up my colors with off shades and warm dark under tones. With that said after the holiday rush I kept thinking about pure basic childhood colors for some reason and then along came Quincy to fit that bill. The photo below is his actual house. I mocked up his work on the wall at the back. He has a kitty buddy I guess. Maybe if I am lucky the kitty will be next.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love these colors. You have a great blog. Keep up the good work.

artpaw said...

Thanks for stopping by and commenting Tom.

The Comfort Café said...

I agree with Tom, those colours are lovely, so fresh and bright!

artpaw said...

Colleen-
Thanks for commenting. I love your portrait blog. Nice work.

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous. Pitbulls really do have the most expressive eyes and you capture them perfectly.

Manon said...

I'm glad you showed Quincy's full portrait. I loved his eyes so I was anxious to see his portrait! The colors are perfect! Great job!

Joy Logan said...

Love this style of painting on Quincy!!!