The making of Teddy & Parker

photoshop helping composition 

Original photo

Clone and flopped parker's head

Dogs looking at each other

Meet Teddy and Parker, adorable Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. I did a little photoshop flopping the right dog's head, so they are looking at each other rather than looking off the page.
I elongated the back of the lounge chair changing the format from square to portrait.  The Beauty of watercolor is being able to layer and lift transparent paint giving the lounge chair a shear feeling

Pencil sketch

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Framed painting