Is she done yet? Does her face need fiddling?

[GreenPartyVoter]

[MuseRider]

1. You caught that special

lab soul, I would say it is done.

[mopinko]

2. no, but the black needs to go all the way to the collar.

nice job.

[mopinko]

3. blend the green all the way in, too.

[Rainngirl]

4. So beautiful!

Maybe the bottom lip could be a little more like patent leather--or maybe just a tiny bit sharper? (But don't do it if you think it will wreck it!) I love this doggy!! I'm not a painter, but I am a photographer (mostly dogs) and I always love their little lips. The catch lights in the eyes are really good!

[LakeArenal]

5. Who's a good boy??? He's a good boy 👦

[CrispyQ]

6. I think it's wonderful!

Her eyes are perfect! Very nice!

[lunatica]

7. I think her face is perfect

I’m delighted that you put the blue that the photograph picks up. I thought of saying something about her coat picking up reflected color but I decided to wait and see what you did. In my opinion you did a great job on her face, her muzzle with the gradations of black. Her eyes are fantastic! Expressive, alert, shiny and you added just a touch of white on the lower lids so her eyes look moist and shiny.

With a bit of work on her collar and the background it will be finished and beautiful!

You talent for depicting animals is truly showing.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Not sure what else to so to the grassy field. The collar is a reflective one, so I tried to show it

by leaving very light sections, but I don’t think it’s coming across.

[lunatica]

9. It's

good to leave the lighter sections since that would be where the light is reflected. If you add more to the darker sections to show it’s in the shadow side you would get it to look like it’s around the dog’s neck. You’ve done a great job of giving the dog a 3 dimensional perspective. You can do that to the collar too.

The background feels to me like it needs to be developed to the level you’ve developed in the dog. Maybe one more layer of wash, or areas of wash for more intense color. You do it all the time in your skies and grounds. It’s always evident in your art in the architecture and in your nature painting.

Just a small amount of work would do it. Just to bring the entire painting up to the level of completion that you have in the dog.

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. More like this?

[lunatica]

11. Yes. That's exactly it.

Bravo! it looks fantastic!

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Thank you! My hat is off to pet portrait artists. This is hard!

[lunatica]

13. It really is a special kinda of portraiture

Of course all portraits are quite difficult and very challenging, but practice and determination brings out phenomenal results. I hope you pursue this kind of painting too, because you’re good at it. If you do you will do wonderful work. I can definitely see you being commissioned for work like this if you develop it!

[bif]

14. Looks great!

Portraits of any kind are difficult--especially black pets! You did a great job!

[Karadeniz]

15. If the dog is an angel, you got it perfectly!❤

[BarbD]

16. The eyes are perfect.

[marble falls]

17. Nope. Its definitely that dog. Good watercolor!