sussex spaniel and his bloody prey
My contribution to the wurst gallery's latest show: the wurstminster dog show! Wasn't quite sure what to do -- I had a Sussex Spaniel to work with.. the image of this doofy dog with his destroyed beautiful prey cracked me up.
This is my third of fourth attempt at gouache painting, which I'm not terribly fond of. The stuff is very hard to work with.
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HA! Nate, this loaded very slowly on my screen and as it creeped its way onto my screen I was saying to myself "What... the... hell... is... this??!" Gouache is the one medium I haven't tried yet in school. Seems like some people swear by it. Anyways, nice work! The cute dog covered in blood is pretty F'ing hillarious.
funny thing is, i can't see most of the blood. i splotched it all around the spaniel, so i KNOW it's there, i just can't see it. my red-deficient colorblindness has been becoming more and more evident (and apparently getting worse) lately.
i honestly don't know what to think of this. on one hand, i think it's retarded and too direct and has no style, & on the other, it cracks me up. i doubt i'd get the humor if i happened across this image, but because I PAINTED IT, i get the giggles. i seriously wonder sometimes.. should've taken that shop class after all. (not that i've EVER taken an art class. get that reader? nate's NEVER taken an art class. EVER!!!!!!)
reader: "no shit, dumbass, look at that spaniel? jeeeeesus."
yeah, i can't see the blood either! i think this proves the true tallent my brother got from me...
that was hard to say without hitting the floor laughing!!!
Everything about this painting rocks!
I've only painting a little with gauache and didn't like it. I prefer acrylics. They dry fast, so it's easy to cover up my mistakes.
Nate - you should send this to Vanessa Davis. You know... SPANIEL RAGE!!!
Amen on the gouache being a pain in the butt to work with. I think you did a good job with it though.