How to Paint Dog Whiskers with Dave White
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How to Paint Dog Whiskers with Dave White
This is an extract from Dave White’s book Painting Dog Portraits in Acrylics, published by Search Press
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Whiskers
Whiskers are not the same as the dog’s hair because they are more innervated (or connected to nerves). They allow the dog to experience its environment in a focused way, and they not only receive signals but also transmit them, for instance pointing forward if the dog feels threatened.
I have known dogs to have very short whiskers, so that they don’t look like they have any, while others have many very long ones, not only around the muzzle but also above the eyes and on the chin. For single-colour dogs like Labradors, it is worth counting the whiskers on both sides of the muzzle, because there is often an imbalance in number and placement, which adds interest to the painting. There are often colour differences, ranging from light to dark black whiskers.
It is very hard to make a brushstroke depicting the fineness and length of a whisker. My solution is to print them instead by painting the edge of a piece of card and then applying the paint to the point where the whisker emerges from the face. This is not always accurate, so you need to have a wet cloth available to wipe off the paint which goes beyond that point. However, when correctly done, this technique is incredibly effective.
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