I have three pets so it was kind of hard to pick one of them for the portrait, but I decided to do my dog, Puff. I chose this picture because I liked the lines in the pillows. I used water color and pen to create this. The last time I used water color in a piece was the summer before my junior year. I don't have much experience with it, but I love the way water color looks so I wanted to get better at it. Unfortunately I don't think I did the medium justice with this piece. In retrospect I probably should've drawn it or used acrylic. Most water color pieces I like are landscapes or portraits with a lot of varying colors. The best thing about this piece is the pen work in my opinion.
This was how it looked before I added the pen work. I prefer the pillows without the lines, but Puff looks way better in the top picture. I have a lot to learn about water colors. I think my biggest struggle was getting the color I desired on the paper. It looks kind of washed out to me and not in the good ways. As I layered the paper got kind of gross, especially in the top right corner. I'm going to continue practicing water color at home and hopefully I'll get good enough to do another pieced for class.