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Captured-In-Pencil — Commission - German Shepherd 'Willow'

Published: 2015-01-18 00:05:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 2189; Favourites: 120; Downloads: 0
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Description This is 'Willow', a 12 year old German Shepherd. She still thinks she's a puppy albeit a bit of a wobbly one at times and enjoys running around playing with her toys. She loves the snow, but her first love is water – the sea, a lake or just a big puddle. She is described by her owner as “a truly wonderful dog and a big part of our family”.

SIZE – 20"x16”

COMPLETED – Dec 2014

TIME – 14 hours over 5 days

PAPER – Daler-Rowney Heavy weight cartridge paper

PENCILS – Pentel mechanical pencils with Pentel Ain Stein leads (0.3/0.5/0.7/0.9 mm 4H/3H/HB/2B/4B)

OTHER TOOLS – Tortillions, cotton wool, rubber pencils, several erasers and electric eraser

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Comments: 28

warrior1944 [2015-01-31 19:04:35 +0000 UTC]

Stunning drawing there of that cute dog I presume you either knew this dog or the owners asked you to make this drawing for them
Great work on the details and shading

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Captured-In-Pencil In reply to warrior1944 [2015-02-01 14:07:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you And yes, it was commissioned by the owners, I only had a couple of lovely photos to work from.

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ArtCromm [2015-01-26 05:14:14 +0000 UTC]

You're soo talented~

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Captured-In-Pencil In reply to ArtCromm [2015-01-26 07:55:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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aston24 [2015-01-22 07:50:01 +0000 UTC]

all i can  say is wow beatiful work xx

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Captured-In-Pencil In reply to aston24 [2015-01-22 08:39:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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aston24 In reply to Captured-In-Pencil [2015-02-06 07:03:24 +0000 UTC]

your welcome xx

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touchofthesoul [2015-01-18 20:30:54 +0000 UTC]

amazing work!

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Captured-In-Pencil In reply to touchofthesoul [2015-01-18 20:59:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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JoannaRubin [2015-01-18 19:08:46 +0000 UTC]

When I saw a miniature I thought It looks like photo. Beautiful work! And the emotions are very well kept. Very very well! <3

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Captured-In-Pencil In reply to JoannaRubin [2015-01-18 20:58:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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JoannaRubin In reply to Captured-In-Pencil [2015-01-18 20:59:52 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome

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untuox [2015-01-18 10:55:07 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic work, accurazy details.

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Captured-In-Pencil In reply to untuox [2015-01-18 11:16:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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untuox In reply to Captured-In-Pencil [2015-01-18 20:16:35 +0000 UTC]

You wellcome!

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Siriuswindwolf [2015-01-18 06:43:04 +0000 UTC]

this is AMAZING!!!!It looks like the dog is coming alive!This looks so real!Well done!

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Captured-In-Pencil In reply to Siriuswindwolf [2015-01-18 11:16:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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Siriuswindwolf In reply to Captured-In-Pencil [2015-01-19 11:54:51 +0000 UTC]

you're very welcome!

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beachelf [2015-01-18 04:43:12 +0000 UTC]

Excellence!

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Captured-In-Pencil In reply to beachelf [2015-01-18 11:16:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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CelloChess [2015-01-18 01:40:33 +0000 UTC]

Lovely! She looks so cuddly

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Captured-In-Pencil In reply to CelloChess [2015-01-18 11:17:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I love drawing German Shepherd fur, it is so majestic

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CelloChess In reply to Captured-In-Pencil [2015-01-19 17:40:13 +0000 UTC]

Yes The family dog was a German Shepherd. We had to put him to sleep recently but he was a wonderful pet

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photographedbythesun [2015-01-18 00:33:11 +0000 UTC]

OMG this is amazing!!

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Captured-In-Pencil In reply to photographedbythesun [2015-01-18 00:40:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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photographedbythesun In reply to Captured-In-Pencil [2015-01-18 00:56:45 +0000 UTC]

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Jojemo [2015-01-18 00:26:14 +0000 UTC]

A very attractive portrait of a German Shepherd dog.  The dog's coat is realistic looking.
 

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Captured-In-Pencil In reply to Jojemo [2015-01-18 00:40:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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