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Scratchboard with Watercolor 5" square, framed to approx. 8.5" square Available Here - Desire
Scratchboard with Colored Ink 5" square, framed to approx. 8.5" square Available Here - Young Yellow Lab
Young Yellow Lab: 2" square scratchboard with colored ink. *sold* - "Whuuut?" Pit Bull Pup
"Whuuut?": 2" square scratchboard in progress. All scratched, ready for color - "Whuuut?" Pit Bull Pup
"Whuuut?": 2" square scratchboard with colored ink. *sold* - Tater the Australian Cattle Dog
Tater: 2" square scratchboard with colored ink. *gifted* - Pepper
Pepper: 2" square scratchboard with colored ink. *commission* - Madaline
Madaline: 2" square scratchboard with colored ink. *commission* - Jasper, work in progress
Jasper - scratching in progress. 2" square. - Jasper, all scratched
Jasper, all scratched, ready for color. 2" square. - Jasper
Jasper: 2" square scratchboard with watercolor. *gifted* - Golden Retriever Pup
Golden Retriever Pup: 2" square scratchboard with colored ink. *sold* - Addie, Cocker Spaniel
Addie: 2" square scratchboard with colored ink. *commission* - French Bulldog
French Bulldog: 2" square scratchboard with watercolor. *sold* - "Safety" 1
Here's the first, sloppy stage of "Safety", 7" x 5" The reference photo has a lot of light values in it, so I used Claybord (white scratchboard) for the drawing - that way, I didn't have to remove a lot of black. using artistic license I chose to make the upper and lower left sections dark instead of showing the dog's body. The shape wrapping around her head is an arm in a fleece sweatshirt. At this stage, I blocked in the values by painting with full strength India ink & ink washes. It looks really rough here, but all this became detailed with scratching as I worked through the process. I used a Rapidograph (technical pen) filled with India ink to draw the eyes and to scribble the stripes of her brindle pattern. At this point I had just started "texturizing" the solid black areas by scratching. Here's an Instagram video showing stippling on a portion of the background: www.instagram.com/p/BH4aLolBaqP