Thank-you kindly for your support, and kind words. I am very happy to hear that - and hope you found this video helpful in your art journey! :) Cheers, Pam!
Love your tutorial! I did my first dog portrait in acrylic. It was a neopotin (sp) mastiff with tons of wrinkles. I like your procedure and will be following you. Glad you popped up on my feed. Wonderful work!!
Before I clicked on this, while it was still a thumbnail, I noticed I could SEE the lighting coming down from the top left at an angle. I hope one day to be able to do this as well as you!
Jennifer, Thanks so much for the kind words! I'm so glad to hear that. Thumbnails can be so tricky, so I'm glad I was able to include that aspect into it. Also, you absolutely can, and will! :)
@@cassydraws I'm probably one of your oldest "students" (56!). My sister is an accomplished artist, so I never even thought to try. But I've decided it's time to try!
Amazing video as always, love the details. Amazing tips and tricks you are giving out each time in the videos! Love this pupper and cant wait to see the others in the future!
Hi there - Unfortunately for this video I do not have a tutorial longer than this one. I appreciate that you like it so much, and your kind words! However, I have since created a Ko-Fi Membership Program, that I am currently creating full length art tutorials for. I am using Ko-Fi, instead of Patreon as it does not take fees from it's creators. If you visit: ko-fi.com/cassydraws/tiers you can see the rewards and exclusives I offer. I am currently in the midst of creating content for it, so the library only currently has one full length video! :) Thanks so much again for the kindness!
Thank-you so much. I'm so glad you like it. Welcome to the world of acrylics - I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Yes, I do! I think a lot of artists don't realize how important water is for using acrylics, and how often it is needed in your painting. I typically will use water every time I mix colours, add another layer, etc. I keep my brush wet (not dripping) for the vast majority of my painting. I hope this helps! :)
Hi Cassy, wonderful work and I like how u really enjoy it and get excited about doing the "special" bits as I'm the same with my portraits too. The pink to mud! Oh yes but like u have found that brown is better mixed with your base pink instead of black....we defo learn as we go along. If u get a moment please take a peek at my pet portrait I loaded on here and tell me what u think. I paint with acrylics on pebbles/stone/cobbles. Look forward to your next pup subject. Best wishes Allison x
Thank-you so much for your kindness Allison! I really appreciate it. We definitely do! Every painting seems to teach us something different. & I absolutely will check out your work! I’m excited to see it. ❤️😚
Loved this video, you are so talented. Questions: what brand of brush do you use and what colors did you use for the background. Thank you and I have subscribed.
Thank-you so much for your kindness, and for watching my video! ♥ I use Grumbacher GoldenEdge brushes, and the colours used for the background are: Mars Black, Titanium White, and Thalo Blue! I hope this helps! :)
Great informative video. Thank you for sharing! Beautiful painting! I am new to acrylics, and just love to paint and have found it to be very cathartic. I've already been asked for animal portraits. As I'm sure you know, color mixing is probably the most difficult thing for a beginner. I would like to know what mixture you used for the lightest tans in Ruby's coat. Tans seem to be very difficult for me to mix. Can you give me any tips to keep it light without turning it yellow? My son's dog is a shepherd mix and is a classic golden tan and black. Thanks again Cassy Frannie
Thank-you so much Frannie! I really appreciate the feedback and kind words. It means a lot! Welcome to the world of acrylic painting - I am so glad to hear you have had such a wonderful response to it. I often say my world disappears when I paint, and it leaves only me, peace, and my creative ideas. The colour mixture I used to create the tan was: titanium white, medium yellow, burnt sienna, and some burnt umber in areas. I use a lot of white and sienna to keep it from turning really yellow, and too stark. I hope this is helpful! Let me know if there is anything else I can help with! :)
Can you do a video about how you draw the portrait out first. I get confused on how to draw in the shadows and lights, how much detail to do or not do. Thanks beautiful painting!
It won't matter which kind of acrylic you use - I always say go with the type of paint you love the most, and fits your style. These types of tutorial truly could work with any kind of medium! Have fun with it. :) I hope it helps!
Ooo I’m soooo happy I found your channel I absolutely love your paintings stunning! I love to paint animals and mountain scenes digital to. Funny you say Bernese mountain dog I have one would be so cool if you painted one! Just subbed! Also when I try to paint my paint doesn’t really paint smoothly like when I try to do whiskers they look really thick and I have to get more paint to finish which makes it thicker I use a small brush to. What do you think am I doing wrong is it the paint or am I doing something wrong? Or do I need a certain kind of paper I used some really old acrylic paper I found think that’s what’s wrong?
Thank-you so much for the kind words! I am so happy to hear you like my artwork, and my videos! 💛 I really appreciate the support. As for your question, typically if I find my paint to be too thick and not as smooth as I’d like, I add just a touch of water to make it thinner. So I will have a very wet brush, and add water to my mixed colour as needed. I hope that helps. Sometimes paper can effect it too, so I use canvas or canvas panel to paint my projects. ☺️ Hope this helps!
Hi Cassy, I was looking for German Shepard painting tutorials and came across yours. Very informative, I learned a lot so, Thank you! Would love to know what background colors you used. They complement the figure so well and look like it would make a great background for other dog paintings.
Hi there! Thank-you so much for the kind words, and feedback! I really appreciate it. For the background, I used: Mars Black, Titanium White, and some Thalo blue. I made it very cool grey, and had a slight gradient throughout to different lightness/darkness of it. I hope this helps! :)
Amazing! So great of you to share. I'm just learning acrylics and soaking in everything I can. You are so gifted!! My paint on the palette dries so fast. What do you do to not have your paint dry up? Do you use any mediums, ie retarders etc? Also is there a reason you have your palette on the left of you? Isn't it awkward to go across your painting? I have a100 more questions!😳
Welcome to the world of acrylics! ❤️ It is so much fun, and I really hope you enjoy it. I do not use any mediums in my acrylic, instead I work in smaller amounts of paint and do a lot of little piles of it so I can use it all before it dries. I do a lot of mixing which isn’t always shown in my videos. 😂 I’ve never actually thought about having my palette on the left. Normally my reference is to the right, so I’ve always worked this way. I may have to try and switch it up! LOL! Ask away. I am happy to help.
Hi Cassy, you are a wonderful artist. I would love to learn how you get your costumers and how you advertise your art?! Thank you and love from Switzerland xoxo
Hi there! I am currently developing a video about running an art business! I would be happy to include information about that! 💛 Thank-you for all of your kind comments! Love from Canada!
@@cassydraws Thank you; I am looking forward to this video very much. Even though I repeat myself in my comments, but I say it again: you are a wonderful artist!!! I am an artist too and hopefully we can move to the UK soon. We love the country side there and the people and we will have more space for our horse and our pony.
I hope to one day - yes! I will add it to my list of things to record. I typically will only paint pet type paintings when a commission of the sorts are received, and then make a video based off of it. Thank-you so much for the kindness, and love! I appreciate it! :)
I find pure purples hard to create. Apparently it's got to be a specific cold and warm shade of red and blue. Mixing a wrong red and blue will create a miserable shade of dark brown. But I'm working on it.
Thank-you! 😚 I appreciate the feedback! I just wondered if it would be too overwhelming to mention them all, if not everyone is painting a German Shepherd! But maybe I can find a way to list them all somehow, or the basic mixes. So much to learn hehe. ❤️ Thanks again!
I am on Ko-Fi! :) It doesn't take any fees from it's creators, so all of your tips/memberships go directly to the artist! My link can be found here: ko-fi.com/cassydraws/tiers ! :)
I originally started out drawing with pencils, and coloured pencils and that’s how I created the name! But I have since transitioned to paints, and couldn’t come to terms with changing it! 😂
Absolutely beautiful and extremely helpful. Thank you for uploading. Have subscribed ☺️
Thank-you so much for the support, and becoming a part of our family here! I appreciate it! :)
@@cassydraws can I ask how you did that beautiful background?
I have watched so many realelistic dog videos. I really love your explanations. And 100% in awe of how detailed you get the dogs features.
Thank-you kindly for your support, and kind words. I am very happy to hear that - and hope you found this video helpful in your art journey! :) Cheers, Pam!
Love your tutorial! I did my first dog portrait in acrylic. It was a neopotin (sp) mastiff with tons of wrinkles. I like your procedure and will be following you. Glad you popped up on my feed. Wonderful work!!
Thank-you so much for the kind words, and for being a part of our community! ♥ It means a lot! :) Glad this tutorial was helpful for you.
Well done Cassy. Wonderfully painted and your reading of how to paint a dog, superb! Very useful.
Thank-you so much Tom! I really appreciate your kind words, and feedback! :)
Beautiful job you make it so easy
Thank-you so much. I am so happy to hear that! :)
Very informative and very nice. Thank you.
You are so welcome! :) Thank-you for watching! ♥
Thank you for sharing! 🙏🙏🙏 ❤❤❤
Thank-you for watching! 🙏✨
Before I clicked on this, while it was still a thumbnail, I noticed I could SEE the lighting coming down from the top left at an angle. I hope one day to be able to do this as well as you!
Jennifer, Thanks so much for the kind words! I'm so glad to hear that. Thumbnails can be so tricky, so I'm glad I was able to include that aspect into it. Also, you absolutely can, and will! :)
@@cassydraws I'm probably one of your oldest "students" (56!). My sister is an accomplished artist, so I never even thought to try. But I've decided it's time to try!
Thanks for the pink recipe. I also struggle with pinks, and this was very helpful.
You are so welcome! I am so happy to hear that. 🥰
Amazing video as always, love the details. Amazing tips and tricks you are giving out each time in the videos! Love this pupper and cant wait to see the others in the future!
Thank-you so much my love. 🥺💛 I appreciate you.
Great job as always! I love your pet portraits and your tutorials are very informative 💜
Thank-you so much. As always. 💛✨
Aaaamazing videos! Thank you soooo much for sharimg!!
I’m so glad you think so! Thank-you. 🤍
Awesome video and beautiful dog portrait! Thanks for this. We love supporting fellow art channels! Best of luck in 2021, love from Canada
Thank-you so much for the love, and kindness. I really appreciate it. 🥺💛 Best of luck to you as well. Cheers from Canada too! 🍁
@@cassydraws My name is Casey as well, anywho keep creating!!
Loved it. Great technic.
Thank-you so much! 💛
Amazing painting! this deserves mpre views🎨👏👏🙌😍
Thank-you so much! 💛🥰
Awsome work
Thank-you so much! :)
Beautiful😍💓!! I want to surprise my boyfriend by making a painting of his dog (looks almost the same as this one🥰)
Thank you so much for sharing🌹
Thank-you Grace! I am so glad you like it! I wish you the best of luck with your portrait painting! :) I hope this helps!
That's really sweet! Did you ever do it? This is a beautiful dog!
Aw this is helpful! Beautiful piece btw!
Thank-you so much! I appreciate it! :)
Amazing video!
Thank-you so much! So glad you like it! :)
How would one get the full video with explanation of colors and techniques. Most beautiful german shepherd I've seen painting. Thanks
Hi there - Unfortunately for this video I do not have a tutorial longer than this one. I appreciate that you like it so much, and your kind words! However, I have since created a Ko-Fi Membership Program, that I am currently creating full length art tutorials for. I am using Ko-Fi, instead of Patreon as it does not take fees from it's creators. If you visit: ko-fi.com/cassydraws/tiers you can see the rewards and exclusives I offer. I am currently in the midst of creating content for it, so the library only currently has one full length video! :) Thanks so much again for the kindness!
Beautiful artwork. May I ask if you use water as I am new to acrylics and find them very hard to blend. Thank you.
Thank-you so much. I'm so glad you like it. Welcome to the world of acrylics - I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Yes, I do! I think a lot of artists don't realize how important water is for using acrylics, and how often it is needed in your painting. I typically will use water every time I mix colours, add another layer, etc. I keep my brush wet (not dripping) for the vast majority of my painting. I hope this helps! :)
Hi Cassy, wonderful work and I like how u really enjoy it and get excited about doing the "special" bits as I'm the same with my portraits too. The pink to mud! Oh yes but like u have found that brown is better mixed with your base pink instead of black....we defo learn as we go along. If u get a moment please take a peek at my pet portrait I loaded on here and tell me what u think. I paint with acrylics on pebbles/stone/cobbles. Look forward to your next pup subject. Best wishes Allison x
Thank-you so much for your kindness Allison! I really appreciate it. We definitely do! Every painting seems to teach us something different. & I absolutely will check out your work! I’m excited to see it. ❤️😚
Queen of drawing
I like your drawings very much ,just nothing to say.from india
Thank-you so much Kith! I really appreciate that. 🥺
Cassydraws is such an underrated artist and I feel like she deserves more subscribers and twitch followers...
Thank-you for saying that. 🥺❤️
I agree. She's a great painter, and gives so many great tips!
Loved this video, you are so talented. Questions: what brand of brush do you use and what colors did you use for the background.
Thank you and I have subscribed.
Thank-you so much for your kindness, and for watching my video! ♥ I use Grumbacher GoldenEdge brushes, and the colours used for the background are: Mars Black, Titanium White, and Thalo Blue! I hope this helps! :)
Great informative video. Thank you for sharing! Beautiful painting! I am new to acrylics, and just love to paint and have found it to be very cathartic. I've already been asked for animal portraits. As I'm sure you know, color mixing is probably the most difficult thing for a beginner. I would like to know what mixture you used for the lightest tans in Ruby's coat. Tans seem to be very difficult for me to mix. Can you give me any tips to keep it light without turning it yellow? My son's dog is a shepherd mix and is a classic golden tan and black.
Thanks again Cassy
Frannie
Thank-you so much Frannie! I really appreciate the feedback and kind words. It means a lot! Welcome to the world of acrylic painting - I am so glad to hear you have had such a wonderful response to it. I often say my world disappears when I paint, and it leaves only me, peace, and my creative ideas. The colour mixture I used to create the tan was: titanium white, medium yellow, burnt sienna, and some burnt umber in areas. I use a lot of white and sienna to keep it from turning really yellow, and too stark. I hope this is helpful! Let me know if there is anything else I can help with! :)
@@cassydraws Thanks Cassy! Yes, this helps very much :)
Great video 😍 thanks for sharing !
Thank-you so much for watching! ❤️🙏🏼
Can you do a video about how you draw the portrait out first. I get confused on how to draw in the shadows and lights, how much detail to do or not do. Thanks beautiful painting!
Definitely! I would love to do that. Consider it added to my list! :)
Another great and helpful video, thank you :)
Thank-you so much for saying that. So glad you found it helpful! ❤️
Question: would it matter what kind of paint I use cause I have both kinds of acrylic paint the thicker kind and the more watery kind.
It won't matter which kind of acrylic you use - I always say go with the type of paint you love the most, and fits your style. These types of tutorial truly could work with any kind of medium! Have fun with it. :) I hope it helps!
@@cassydraws thank you so much ❤️ this really did help, I have much more confidence going into my painting now 🥰
Thank you so much!
Ooo I’m soooo happy I found your channel I absolutely love your paintings stunning! I love to paint animals and mountain scenes digital to.
Funny you say Bernese mountain dog I have one would be so cool if you painted one!
Just subbed!
Also when I try to paint my paint doesn’t really paint smoothly like when I try to do whiskers they look really thick and I have to get more paint to finish which makes it thicker I use a small brush to. What do you think am I doing wrong is it the paint or am I doing something wrong? Or do I need a certain kind of paper I used some really old acrylic paper I found think that’s what’s wrong?
Thank-you so much for the kind words! I am so happy to hear you like my artwork, and my videos! 💛 I really appreciate the support. As for your question, typically if I find my paint to be too thick and not as smooth as I’d like, I add just a touch of water to make it thinner. So I will have a very wet brush, and add water to my mixed colour as needed. I hope that helps. Sometimes paper can effect it too, so I use canvas or canvas panel to paint my projects. ☺️ Hope this helps!
@@cassydraws thanks so much for replying! I'm starting on canvases now. Ok I'll try more water thank you!!
Hi Cassy, I was looking for German Shepard painting tutorials and came across yours. Very informative, I learned a lot so, Thank you! Would love to know what background colors you used. They complement the figure so well and look like it would make a great background for other dog paintings.
Hi there! Thank-you so much for the kind words, and feedback! I really appreciate it. For the background, I used: Mars Black, Titanium White, and some Thalo blue. I made it very cool grey, and had a slight gradient throughout to different lightness/darkness of it. I hope this helps! :)
@cassydraws thank you! I’ll look forward to subscribing and checking out your other tutorials.
Would you link your liner and blender brushes you are using?
My liner brush is a Grumbacher GoldenEdge Liner brush, and my Blenders are Princeton Blender Brushes Sizes 6 and 12. I hope this helps. 💛
Hola! Hermosos trabajos! Una pregunta: A cuál se llama pincel licuadora? Gracias desde ya y seguiré mirando tus videos!
Amazing! So great of you to share. I'm just learning acrylics and soaking in everything I can. You are so gifted!! My paint on the palette dries so fast. What do you do to not have your paint dry up? Do you use any mediums, ie retarders etc? Also is there a reason you have your palette on the left of you? Isn't it awkward to go across your painting? I have a100 more questions!😳
Welcome to the world of acrylics! ❤️ It is so much fun, and I really hope you enjoy it. I do not use any mediums in my acrylic, instead I work in smaller amounts of paint and do a lot of little piles of it so I can use it all before it dries. I do a lot of mixing which isn’t always shown in my videos. 😂 I’ve never actually thought about having my palette on the left. Normally my reference is to the right, so I’ve always worked this way. I may have to try and switch it up! LOL! Ask away. I am happy to help.
Winsor & Newton also sell an Acrylic Slow Drying Medium which doubles the drying time so the paint on the palette doesn't dry as fast!
Hi Cassy, you are a wonderful artist. I would love to learn how you get your costumers and how you advertise your art?! Thank you and love from Switzerland xoxo
Hi there! I am currently developing a video about running an art business! I would be happy to include information about that! 💛 Thank-you for all of your kind comments! Love from Canada!
@@cassydraws Thank you; I am looking forward to this video very much. Even though I repeat myself in my comments, but I say it again: you are a wonderful artist!!! I am an artist too and hopefully we can move to the UK soon. We love the country side there and the people and we will have more space for our horse and our pony.
Thank you so much
You're welcome! :) Thank-you for watching!
can you paint a belgian malinois, this is a great video and i really love your paintings
I hope to one day - yes! I will add it to my list of things to record. I typically will only paint pet type paintings when a commission of the sorts are received, and then make a video based off of it. Thank-you so much for the kindness, and love! I appreciate it! :)
wow this is helping
I'm so glad to hear that! :)
I find pure purples hard to create. Apparently it's got to be a specific cold and warm shade of red and blue. Mixing a wrong red and blue will create a miserable shade of dark brown. But I'm working on it.
I agree completely! Mixing purple can be atrocious. I tend to get purple pre-mixed now, after many failed attempts and frustration. 😂
Artists are so underrated omg 🤦♀
I completely agree!
Great! I wish you mentioned the colors you used as you paint.
Thank-you! 😚 I appreciate the feedback! I just wondered if it would be too overwhelming to mention them all, if not everyone is painting a German Shepherd! But maybe I can find a way to list them all somehow, or the basic mixes. So much to learn hehe. ❤️ Thanks again!
@@cassydraws that would be fantastic!!! Thank you! Love the doggy! Absolutely breathtaking!
Not a problem at all! I will do some brainstorming and figure something out. 😚 Thank-you so much again, I really appreciate it!
@@cassydraws thank you! I’ll be on a look out!
Genial!! Por favor habilitar textos en español. Gracias . Abrazos
Voy a averiguar cómo hacer eso. ¡Gracias por tu apoyo! (¡Esperemos que el traductor de Google funcione!)
First (even though i think technically i wasn't, but i'm takin it)
LOL! 🤍 Thank-you Mike! I appreciate you.
Are you on Patreon
I am on Ko-Fi! :) It doesn't take any fees from it's creators, so all of your tips/memberships go directly to the artist! My link can be found here: ko-fi.com/cassydraws/tiers ! :)
btw technically, shouldnt your name be Cassy paints😂? I mean its not as catchy as Cassy draws but you usually use paint materials...
I originally started out drawing with pencils, and coloured pencils and that’s how I created the name! But I have since transitioned to paints, and couldn’t come to terms with changing it! 😂