New Artist - 2016__

A novice at oil painting, 16-year-old Isabella

says she hasn‘t developed any particular style

or technique yet. This portrait is Isabella‘s

fourth piece, and was part of a GCSE

coursework based around a theme of ‘Pets‘.

At 14, Isabella was one of the winners of the

age category 12–15 Black Swan Young Open

Competition 2014, in Frome in Somerset, for her ball point

drawing of an orangutan.

Isabella Bez-Cryer

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I sketched the features and shape of the dog,

drawing the background around it to fit

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I added some detail to the background and blocked

in the darkest colour of the dog‘s fur first

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avoiding any parts which would be white hair.

Using oil paint, I blocked in the background before

I began applying details or painting in the dog.

I finished the piece by painting the grey hairs over

the black fur, and then the white fur over the grey,

as well as smoothing background smudges.

Isabella‘s subject

is her well-behaved

Cockapoo

ca lled Blue