August dog drawing/painting challenge!

Scottish Deerhound 

Kooikerhondje 

Stabyhoun

Kuvasz

Lancashire Heeler

I took on a challenge this entire month of August where you draw (paint) a different doggie dog every day - or follow the daily prompts from the instagram Doggust 2024 challenge list. I have never even heard of most of these breeds and some are pretty wackadoodle to draw! To be able to focus like a laser and choose to draw daily was never a chore for me. I draw, paint, (digitally and traditionally) as much as I can squeeze in daily. Not to mention sorting and editing through my designs for print and products for my shop for hours every day. Sometimes I feel like I’m running behind on all art projects. Because I had a late start in this digital art drawing (I’m going on my sixth year soon!) I’m always in a hurry to complete art projects. This year I have painted so much and now I’m finally documenting it in my shop and Instagram also have queued up vids for YouTube to elevate that channel. But dogs have been the focus this month for a personal goal to level up my skills (paw studies) some of these designs will eventually become prints and naturally a calendar for 2025 which I’m obsessed with and this is now a tradition (cats tooooo!). And I feel the need to design a puzzle - random interest I know. 31dog drawings in August has taught me to develop my sense of style and look that I feel pretty good about. I am running out of time so I’m making the most out of it and everything I draw matters. Dogs are my therapy.

 

Dogs in August AKA Doggust 2021-1/2 way through the month-my fave dog drawing

 Doggust is a Instagram yearly drawing challenge every August started by a few dog lover artists that has been steadily growing every year. Draw a different dog every day in August or just draw the same dog differently every day for 31 days. I challenged myself last year and completed all 31. This year I’m halfway through the month and am on a roll-I can appreciate the daily practicing of drawing/painting of dogs. I know I struggle with my drawing skills and so I feel this is a fantastic way to speed up honing my skills. I feel I really have improved a bunch and my art style has def evolved. I just have to trust process of drawing/painting and believe it will in the end turn into something worthy to appreciate. This lil guy/gal is currently my fave. Soft pastels and dry brush for that doggy texture! I’m loving the dark and moody textural background I’ve created-I feel like I have to bring the velvet painting vibe back to the future. Goal is to focus in like a laser on the puppy dog subject and his layers of fur texture. A white background distracts and is quite blinding to me-now to experiment with ways for final output on to a dark textured paper without losing the depth and color. Dogs of summer ……