Dog Demonstration Art Instruction Video

Nettie Kaye offers a loose Art Instruction lesson of a dog portrait in oil, from a photo. She shows how to render white fur using a variety of colors! This lesson was done in front of a live audience.

[@christinaconway1843]

i haven't painted for over 18 months and I just love your loose impression of this dog, i have it outlined on canvas as I write and will have a go, love the way you teach and the music is not over bearing at all. Thank you.

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Christina! Enjoy getting back into your paints. This was one of our very first videos, so make sure you watch many more on my NettieKStudio channel. At this point there are over 60 videos! Nettie k

[@ernestoguevara7624]

Very cute.It is not an hiperrealistic work.This is a piece of art,with soul.

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Fernando :)

[@susanb5290]

Gorgeous painting! Very helpful and inspiring. I love animals. So happy I found you. Thanks for sharing.

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Susan! Glad you find these offerings helpful. I shall continue!

[@mypawtrait1832]

wow, looking amazing

[@debe1955]

I love the colours in this painting. Thank you for sharing this with us...

[@2muchRnR]

Thank you for sharing your painting expertise! Painting animals is so difficult for me! Oh, how I labor trying to paint one!!! But it seems so easy for you! I SO love your doggie painting! And I love that you did not simply duplicate the photo to its exactness, even though it looks very much like it. Photos are often used by many artists only as a source of reference to which they can add their own unique "flavor," and I feel that's what you did here! Wonderful! Thanks again!

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Adlin. The longer I paint, the more "interpretive" I want to become. If I fuss about with tight detail, I am usually much less satisfied with the outcome!

[@abdance9630]

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[@sugarbunny29]

Thank you! I enjoyed this and found it helpful.

[@patrickwelch1010]

I paint animals now because of you. Only for fun. You always remind me of not going light too soon. Hopefully this helps me do the same with portraits. Never stop having fun.

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Patrick, I am just finding all my messages! Oh dear. I hope you are still painting animals! I took a bit of time off from filming and am now doing some catching up. My next video on painting a deer should be up in a few days! Keep painting, Nettie Kaye

[@Marmle]

Thanks for the awesome tutorial! Us Kaye’s are very artistic.

[@NettieKStudio]

Thanks for watchin', Mariah Kaye!

[@aliciadiaz1474]

Eres increíble 😍

[@Rockinharts]

The underlay is in acrylic but are you painting the dog in oils. Love this video. Very helpful.

[@bellek.5550]

Wonderful tutorial! You are entertaining :) Love it. Thank you.

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you....Glori Belle :) I hope you take time to watch more! There are about 80 videos so far. Nettie Kaye

[@jessicatrombley8185]

Great work! You are a great teacher and artist!

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Jessica!

[@dconfused9919]

I'm with there on the animated conversations. 🤗

[@jennymarx8924]

am going to try this tonight, just wish the voice wasn't overlaid by music as I need all the instructions I can get!! thanks for putting this up

[@mariaahrens1633]

I agree it is a common thing.... I did not open to hear music but to hear the artist!!.

[@NettieKStudio]

Thanks for the input. My family is always in a bit of a discussion as to the attention span of the viewer. I enjoy doing the longer videos, but out of concern that I might bore the socks off of viewers, I speed things up! Personally, I like to listen to artists in great detail as well. The next video will be in real time. I'll be covering how to create the illusion of transparent glass in oil. Let me know if you all have any questions. Nettie Kaye

[@jennymarx8924]

seriously if their attention span is that short let them watch other videos !! there are so many tutorials that look amazing but kind of miss the point about them being a teaching aid. I have no real talent but I can learn skills, please continue with your teaching, one middleaged non talented kiwi would like to learn more

[@NettieKStudio]

I will be downloading a new dog painting video over night tonight. This one will be a longer video 41 minutes. Happy New Year!

[@carolepalser7271]

The music is not going when she is speaking; it's a great video

[@noeletta-art]

Would have much rather of heard and watched full video. Watching to learn and I want the whole story. :) Love the process and the finished painting!

[@NettieKStudio]

Thanks! This was one of our first videos. All continuing videos are in real time with instruction. Make sure you go to NettieKStudio channel and click on videos to see all 60 videos!

[@belettelepink9075]

I love it!! thank you for sharing!

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you so much :)

[@grayindigo21]

I enjoyed watching your video. Hope you continue to make em.

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Gray! I am trying to film about one every week to 10 days. Stay tuned! Nettie Kaye

[@pallavijain3973]

Hi, nice video.Can you tell me which colors I use for cockapoo white dog fur?

[@chances26forever]

This is wonderful, Thankyou for sharing 😊❤️

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Shelley :) I hope you learned something! Nettie Kaye

[@chances26forever]

I did Thankyou 😊

[@Anywhere72]

Wow the painting looks better then the pic. lol loved your painting.

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Brian :)

[@sylviagratta9160]

Excellent tutorial 👍 Beautiful Job, thank you 💕

[@NettieKStudio]

Thanks so much 😊

[@crystalspang6717]

thank you for making thisyour video with careful instructions, it's most helpful for a novice like me. I'd like to paint a dog portrait (of an English Spaniel) on a 12x12 canvas, should i include the body or just paint the head shot of the dog. Also, which style & size of brush would you recommend for my case? I'll be using Water mixable oil paints.

[@NettieKStudio]

If you do a square canvas, just the head is great. A rectangular canvas is better for the entire body. As for the brushes, I love the Dick Blick Scholastic White brushes...with the blue handle. They are really inexpensive and hold their shape nicely. I don't like using expensive brushes...as I am not great at taking care of them! The brushes I use for hair are the filbert shaped brushes. The larger the brush the softer the effect. If you are looking for every hair, then go with some smaller brushes. Start with the larger brush to lay in the tone and then use the small brushes for a few hairs of detail. Good luck! Send me a pic of your progress! Nettie K

[@Yougtod]

Wonderful thank for teach

[@NettieKStudio]

You are welcome!

[@brendatrujillo2666]

Lovely. Very soulful. Thank you for sharing!

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Brenda.This was one of the very first successful videos we produced! Still one of the most watched! Are you related to Jose Trujillo? He is such a talented artist. Nettie Kaye

[@brendatrujillo2666]

NettieKStudio Hi! No relation with Jose Trujillo. I’m a hobby artist using water colors, acrylics, charcoal and pastels. I’m mediocre at best but I so enjoy working on projects. I wish I had some of Jose Trujillo’s DNA so that I might have inherited some of his art skills. Haha. Love your videos, and I’m looking forward to watching more as you post. Have a lovely spring and summer!

[@NettieKStudio]

@@brendatrujillo2666 Thank you Brenda! I am not as fast as Jose, but I do try to explain things so that hopefully you can try them at home! Thanks so much for watching! I think my next attempt will be a sailboat on our lake.

[@pallavijain3973]

Thank you

[@irishspiderman9313]

beautiful

[@bru1015]

Good point 😊

[@tracyjones1344]

Just love this. I’ve been wanting to paint my sisters dog (Chinese crested powderpuff) she is white and fluffy. Trying to figure out your colors. Is that Naples yellow on your pallet?

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Tracy...When I paint a white dog, I will make three puddles of whites. One mixed with a tiny bit of lavender, One with a tiny bit of Naples yellow or Yellow Ochre, and the third puddle is White with either a drop of teal or Viridian. I work the colors back and forth and in different tonal values, (dark, middle, light), to get an interesting, and dimensional white effect. Take a look at my new video on the Bulldog and Boxer Snoozing...part Two. It shows how I work with the variations. Hope that helps!

[@helenwalters3740]

Lovely painting, it makes me want to try oils.

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Helen. The same technique, slightly altered, can work in acrylic too!

[@LuC1800]

Beautiful

[@gladysbenega1363]

Me encanto... Espectacular....aprendi mucho

[@NettieKStudio]

Muchas Gracias!

[@aurasanchez3658]

What did you use to paint 🎨? Is it acrylic or something else?

[@jackiegarroutte8970]

Thank you! I am painting my brother's dog

[@NettieKStudio]

Hope it helps!

[@pattyshaw8300]

Love the way you paint and your instructions, want to try a dog that looks much like this for the first. Was really disappointed when you did the loud music and speed up I would have loved to have been able to watch and listen to you.. I don't understand why you had to do that to your video, would have loved to have learned from all of it. Its been a couple of days and I think you use that same loud music on some of your other videos and only run a few mins. Such a shame you are such a good artist and teacher. I subscribed to you, think a lot more people would if you would consider what I suggested. Newbies like me old and retired and not about to get out love to find a really good artist like you to learn from. Many thanks!

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Patty. I am glad you are interested in more details. I do get concerned that people have a super short attention span. The actual time it took to complete the dog painting was close to an hour. It is a lot of just fussing with paint...so I speed it up. I am planning to do a new video in real time on the transparency of glass in oil paint soon. I'll make a longer version available to those who would like to study seriously. Thanks so much for your interest. Stay tuned!

[@NettieKStudio]

Hi Patty...I am finishing up another dog painting video! Only 2 years later. This one runs for about 41 minutes and is of an English Cream Golden Retriever. It has a lot more instruction and was taped over about 3 days of painting. We will be downloading it over night tonight! Happy New Year!

[@Rockinharts]

Could you do a apricot poodle sometime? I would love to watch how you would do that.

[@NettieKStudio]

I'll do my best! Thanks for asking:) Just did one this past Fall for a customer.

[@thekappap]

golden doodle color oil paints or acrylics to use .? oil paint brands and brushes , oil mediums .?

[@NettieKStudio]

Raw Sienna, Yellow ochre, white, and transparent orange or Indian Yellow are great colors to use. Watch the video on painting a golden retriever. It should give you some great hints! Thanks for watching!

[@willdixon9525]

Great painting

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Solomon. Your work is wonderfully lively:) Hope you keep painting and filming too:) I've gotten serious and done 6 videos in the last month! Go go go!

[@theartofjosephadams1970]

Great video

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Joseph :)

[@pallavijain3973]

Thank you so much . Do you have any step by step video of brown cockapoo puppies ?

[@NettieKStudio]

I don't have any videos on brown cockapoo puppies yet ;) That would be a fun project!

[@TheRachaelLefler]

things always get crazy when you whip out the Pthalo Blue...

[@pr0phecygirll]

haha lol xD

[@debstovervillarreal4348]

Love the music! Who is it?

[@NettieKStudio]

Hi Deb, The music is actually written and produced by my son, Austin Martel Williams. He is now a successful, award winning professional photographer and videographer with his own company called, " Adventure Wedding Photography" in Idaho. After years of not doing any music, he announced at Christmas that he is picking it back up! I am so very happy. Thanks for asking!

[@jeannettedirven8152]

Super veel aan gehad. Dank je wel❤️

[@jeannettedirven8152]

Kan nu weer verder dank je wel. Kom uit Nederland Holland😊

[@LuC1800]

Awesome

[@NettieKStudio]

Glad you like it!

[@carlaalen500]

You rock!!

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Carla :)

[@jobagirl]

Don’t do oils but will try with acrylics because the proportion tips are fantastic as are some of the color tips

[@NettieKStudio]

Heide, This style will work well with acrylic!

[@jobagirl]

NettieKStudio thank you!

[@jobagirl]

Do you have a site where I can hear the rest of what you say? I subscribed to your page and look there for more,mthanks

[@NettieKStudio]

@@jobagirl I don't have this one fully recorded. It was one of our first art videos, so we were experimenting! Oh boy. There are several dog videos on my channel and I plan to do more...I will be painting my little white Coton de Tulear dog, pretty soon in real time! (no cuts!) Stay tuned.

[@keniaalvarez5623]

How many hours did this take?

[@NettieKStudio]

If I remember right, this painting took about 1 1/2 hours to complete, plus adjusting the background at the end. Painting loosely helps things to go much faster than picking at every detail! Thanks for asking Kenia!

[@paulhouse6519]

banging tune

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Paul. Written and produced by my talented son, Austin M. Williams

[@4greenfieldseire654]

yep looks like another 3 hours to finish ?

[@GianlucaCremonesi]

You're really telented!!!!

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you very much, Gianluca. Are you a painter?

[@NettieKStudio]

Grazie mille! Sei un artista?

[@GianlucaCremonesi]

NettieKStudio I'm trying to be.... I paint in my spare time because in Italy it's very hard to make ends meet with art...

[@NettieKStudio]

I am teaching 5 art classes per week with about 35 students...and I paint dog and people portraits. This is the only way to make ends meet! Until you get really famous :)

[@GianlucaCremonesi]

NettieKStudio I understand, it seem it is hard even in the USA to be an artist.... by the way in Italy it is very difficult to sell original paintings. The majority of my paintings are abroad, especially in UK or USA, so sad... Italy is losing the love for fine arts :-(

[@maureengermsheid4984]

The stain is caused from a red yeast overgrowth !

[@TheRachaelLefler]

I've never heard of paint that takes months to dry?

[@NettieKStudio]

Oil paint will dry to the touch in a week or so, especially in summer. The surface layer dries first, then the paint begins to cure below to the canvas. Depending on the amount of paint, and the color, it can take 6 months before the paint is dry enough to safely put a varnish on without risking cracking.

[@Spykids23]

I saw you at the coffee shop shop

[@renabell1108]

Yes I need tips on how to sell

[@NettieKStudio]

Selling is a big challenge! I started on Etsy, but there is too much competition there now. Keep working on developing your unique style and post it on Instagram. I have heard it helps. My next move is to get my work into one gallery and a home design shop. Show your work to everyone!

[@barbarahogan4796]

I wish it were slower. I’m old .lol

[@NettieKStudio]

Thanks Barbara, This was one of our first videos...the rest of them...over 70 videos...are all in "real time " with a flow of instructions nicely segueing through each painting. If you click on the bold "NettieKStudio" word beside my round face it will take you to my channel. At that point, find the word, "videos" and click on that. It will open you up to all 74 videos...and counting! Thanks for watching!

[@Beautifullifewelive]

Shih Tzu is the correct spelling . ;)

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you Cheryl:) Planning to do a demonstration of a Shih Tzu pretty soon!

[@firefightermike7246]

at 20:48 what happened?

[@firefightermike7246]

sory 20:38

[@NettieKStudio]

I have never noticed that before! Thanks. Must have been a dropped frame on my film. Thanks for watching that far into the video! It is one of our earlier attempts from 2 years ago.

[@firefightermike7246]

i watched the whole thing. i am an early painter trying to paint dogs. i mostly paint horses though

[@NettieKStudio]

I will try to fit in a horse painting or drawing soon!

[@firefightermike7246]

thanks

[@indudhanjal6069]

Wish there’s was no music but painters voice

[@NettieKStudio]

Thank you, This was one of our first videos and the only one with the music over the voice . I hope you enjoy watching the rest of them! There are over 80 more! Nettie kaye

[@leehaslehurst473]

This is great but agree with the last comment it's so annoying

[@NettieKStudio]

Thanks Lee :) This was the first art video we produced about 5 years ago...the only one we sped up with the music laid over. Hope you get time to check out the other 80+ videos we have produced since! Stay tuned! I'll be doing a Cocker Spaniel in my next dog video! Nettie Kaye

[@ciaranshaw1815]

shitsu

[@tayebkhelifa1153]

I don't hear you!...:)

[@NettieKStudio]

Wow...something has suddenly gone wrong with the sound. Thanks for letting me know! If you hover over the bottom of the screen, the letters "cc" will show up. This will give you closed captioning until we can figure it out with the KZbin guys.

[@NettieKStudio]

I think it may be an overall KZbin problem. Hopefully they will get it corrected. Oh boy.

[@tayebkhelifa1153]

Now it's perfect, thank you and I like your work!...:) :) :)

[@clementinamanteca9909]

Cv

[@bru1015]

To me the nose is off

[@NettieKStudio]

The reason the nose appears to be off, is because the camera was shooting from an angle. When we are in front of a live audience the artist and camera cannot be directly in front of the canvas. This distorts the image. Make sure when you paint, you are standing nose to nose with your painting. Thanks so much for your comments

[@pkaspar78]

Yeah, the nose is too big and wrong shape and his left eye is too high but she mentioned that it’s hard to paint from the side

[@painting55]

The nose is off because the instructor is doing too much talking and not paying attention to her painting. She is generalizing features. Too bad. Very generic dog. Dog lovers enjoy expression on their dog's faces.

[@NettieKStudio]

This is the conundrum of teaching often. Speech comes from the opposite side of the brain. So...when my students are working, I always encourage silence...In order to talk and paint at the same time, you literally have to switch sides of the brain at rapid succession. It can be exhausting! However, when things go askew during a demonstration, it is primarily due to the necessity of standing off to the side in order for everyone to see what is happening.

[@Menique3000]

Well paint your own damn dog Picasso🙄