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Elmo is my first Basset Hound model. Love the pose, so I’m hoping the portrait will be great if I can capture his personality.

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And he has so much personality.

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Laying out the background kinda washy. I’ve simplified it quite a bit, as there was furniture and pictures on the wall behind him. I liked the olive color of the walls and I decided to keep that subtle color scheme for the painting.

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