Charlie, Dobbie And Mia

It’s all very well putting together a collection of marker drawings of the Rose And Crown dogs, but I think the landlady wants a painting.  While a watercolour portrait is still beyond me, I thought I might have a go at a triple portrait using the inktense pencils.

My first attempt is the one at the top of the page.  Charlie on the left has list of red and blue and Dobbie in the middle has greens.  Mia on the right is tricky though.  She screams out for orange but I’ve also put some reds and blues in there.  And all three dogs have browns and greys in them too.

I quite like this one.  There’s some great blending going on in places, making this look like a watercolour.  Charlie looks best and Mia worst but they’re all interesting.  I maybe made a mistake making this quite small.  It could fit into a 8×6 or 9×6 inch window.  Will be interesting to see the landlady’s reaction to this on Instagram and/or Facebook.

And then this was my second attempt:

It’s a better composition, with the dogs closer together and overlapping.  It fills the page too.  Charlie is still good, Dobbie not too bad, but Mia has definitely deteriorated and makes this the worse one of the two.