How to Paint a Dog Portrait | Oil Painting Tutorial

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[@Pawpaw4president]

Your professionalism & simplistic teaching style has earned you a subscription sir.👍 Good job!🏆

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Thank you so much :)

[@WeezieV]

I LOVE how you mix a bunch of colors on your pallette first!!🎉

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Thanks! I find doing that really helpful and keeps me in the flow when I'm painting :)

[@juliebill6991]

You make it look so easy! Amazing talent! 😊

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Thanks! 😊

[@attadudepc]

Your background music is sensible and not distracting. This is a point often messed up by other UA-cam authors. Congratulations on a good balance.

[@karenminter4235]

Your painting was brought to life with your tecqnique! What a beautiful dog, a treasured keepsake painting of the owners true best friend.

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Thank you 😊

[@anneolaug]

That's a lovely pet portrait. I can't get over how cute he his. You did a great job!

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Thank you so much 😀

[@attadudepc]

Hi George, thank you for creating a UA-cam channel. You have a very professional manner of presentation and teaching. Yours is refreshing, easy to follow and understand. Well done, I've subscribed

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Thanks! I'm really happy you're enjoying my videos. Thanks for subscribing!

[@nadiab6878]

Excellent job, very cute dog!👍🏻

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Thank you 😀

[@lisengel2498]

Very charming dog and such a fine portrait of Rocko 💚🧡🤍🩶

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Thank you 😊

[@marypartridge5154]

Gosh you have so much skill.

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Thank you :)

[@lisengel2498]

Very Well explained and demonstrated basic process - 🙏for sharing and
mineral spirits was Winsor& Newton Sansodor ( mineral spirit without smell)

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Thank you. Yes that's the mineral spirit that I used :)

[@vdxx]

Amazing talent. Great painting.

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Thanks 😊

[@SandraOliveira-uy9ye]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

@@SandraOliveira-uy9ye thanks 😃

[@azadok4215]

Thanks!

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Thank you so much :)

[@madithebaristar]

this video was amazing! i just got my first set of oils and i really needed this video. the way you described the techniques was very helpful. especially the part where you mixed the colors on the palette while describing what their purpose was for on the painting. for the thinner areas of paint what additive/ solvent do you typically use. and how long do u wait for the paint to dry before going over an area again?

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Thanks, I'm really happy you found the video helpful. The solvent I'm using is Sansodor from Windsor & Newton. In this video after I painted the initial darks I came back and painted over them the next day along with painting the other sections but you don't need to wait that long really if the paint is thinned down with the solvent it starts drying quite quickly I'd say if you wait an hour it will be easy to paint over it. It also depends on the texture of your surface if you're painting on a gloss surface like oil primed linen it will take longer and if you try and paint over it too soon the brush strokes can remove the paint underneath, if you're painting on a matt surface like gesso or most canvas panels the paint will dry quicker and it will be easier to paint over without much waiting

[@madithebaristar]

@@GeorgeFrederickThomas thank u so much for getting back! it’s hard to tell drying time when it’s a edited video so i really appreciate it :)

[@paulwhiting1648]

What surface are you painting on? And did you do any other preparation to the surface before starting the painting?

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

I'm painting on a wooden panel I first start by priming the panel with a wood primer and sealer then I paint two layers of gesso mixed with some grey acrylic paint on top to make a neutral grey tone to work on

[@irenejohnson662]

My daughter has a black Great Dane she wants me to paint. Any tips on painting an all black coat?

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

If you're working from a digital photo I would suggest increasing the brightness a bit so you can find some tonal variety in the coat. With black things it's often the highlights which can make the painting, so you can paint them thicker with confident brush strokes. John Singer Sargent has some great paintings where he's painted a thick bright highlight on a dark object which apart from the highlight isn't that detailed and it looks very lifelike and captivating. I hope this helps

[@GeorgeFrederickThomas]

Also add a bit of colour to your black and try and focus on shifts in colour temperature too