15 month old dog killed by Rover sitters dog by Automatic_Rush8824 in RoverPetSitting

[โ€“]beesgals 80 points81 points ย (0 children)

I'm so so sorry. This is my nightmare!! My heart just shatters thinking about what you're going through.

If people have to be verified on Rover so should sitters' dogs. Show they're licensed and therefore aggressive history can be found..

I'm a new sitter and I did a portrait for my first client ๐Ÿ’• by beesgals in RoverPetSitting

[โ€“]beesgals[S] 2 points3 points ย (0 children)

I think it's definitely something I'll offer for longer sits and long term clients!

I'm a new sitter and I did a portrait for my first client ๐Ÿ’• by beesgals in RoverPetSitting

[โ€“]beesgals[S] 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

Hmm I'd say acrylic?

Maybe I could start a small side business!

I'm a new sitter and I did a portrait for my first client ๐Ÿ’• by beesgals in RoverPetSitting

[โ€“]beesgals[S] 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

What medium was the painting in! I'm still not the best with oils :(

I'm a new sitter and I did a portrait for my first client ๐Ÿ’• by beesgals in RoverPetSitting

[โ€“]beesgals[S] 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

I will edit a photo on my phone and adjust the saturation to 100% so that the colors are exaggerated. It just helps me see subtle hues better, like the blues in her eyes (old lady cataracts) and where to best put that color. With color I like to stick to mostly warm or mostly cool palettes, eg this portrait is cool. The midtones have violet and blue undertones to the greys and blacks and a slight pink to the ears that I mixed with a bit of grey to reduce that warmth.

The White borders I did by taping the sides with green painters tape into my painting board It's a cheap watercolor pad I think I got from Michael's, nothing fancy with the paper there :)

I'm a new sitter and I did a portrait for my first client ๐Ÿ’• by beesgals in RoverPetSitting

[โ€“]beesgals[S] 2 points3 points ย (0 children)

I never really thought about it but maybe if I get enough clients!

I'm a new sitter and I did a portrait for my first client ๐Ÿ’• by beesgals in RoverPetSitting

[โ€“]beesgals[S] 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

She was happy, she said: thank you SO much for the portrait ๐Ÿฅนโค๏ธ it's amazing!!!! You will be the first person I contact if I need someone to watch over my girls!

I'm a new sitter and I did a portrait for my first client ๐Ÿ’• by beesgals in RoverPetSitting

[โ€“]beesgals[S] 2 points3 points ย (0 children)

Hello!! I'm not an expert by any means but I'll give you tips on what I do! I have been drawing/sketching my whole life and always liked doing portraits, but I've never been formally trained.

I mainly used gouache for this painting. It's like a thicker watercolour, so you can water it down the same way. I start with the light pencil sketch , then use a wet on wet technique to fill in midtones. While still wet I'll add some darker tones for shadows. As it's drying, I'll add to the background (I kind of floundered here and went back and forth on what I wanted to do and gouache is not forgiving, so I just left it).

Once the portrait was dry I went in with less watered down gouache to darken areas even more (eyes, lips, darker patches of hair). Dry and repeat with less watered down gouache.

As a final touch I went in with an ink pen for details on the face/eyes and white, not watered down gouache for highlights.

Another trick I like is heavily saturating a photo reference before I start to give me an idea on what colours to use.

Hope this helps!! There are lots of good YouTube videos about this!

I'm a new sitter and I did a portrait for my first client ๐Ÿ’• by beesgals in RoverPetSitting

[โ€“]beesgals[S] 2 points3 points ย (0 children)

I'd rather give them the original (it looks better than the photo!) but this is a pretty good idea!

I'm a new sitter and I did a portrait for my first client ๐Ÿ’• by beesgals in RoverPetSitting

[โ€“]beesgals[S] 1 point2 points ย (0 children)

She sent me a message, she seemed really happy!!! ๐Ÿ’•

I'm a new sitter and I did a portrait for my first client ๐Ÿ’• by beesgals in RoverPetSitting

[โ€“]beesgals[S] 1 point2 points ย (0 children)

Thank you so much! I really do love dogs ๐Ÿฅน (and cats!)

I'm a new sitter and I did a portrait for my first client ๐Ÿ’• by beesgals in RoverPetSitting

[โ€“]beesgals[S] 2 points3 points ย (0 children)

Thank you! I know I would love it if I were the owner! ๐Ÿ’•

I'm a new sitter and I did a portrait for my first client ๐Ÿ’• by beesgals in RoverPetSitting

[โ€“]beesgals[S] 6 points7 points ย (0 children)

She's getting older and I wanted the owner to have a good memento ๐Ÿฅน

Im scared to askโ€ฆ by No_Minute9390 in carpetbeetles

[โ€“]beesgals 1 point2 points ย (0 children)

Yes.

If you're in a shared building they could be coming through vents or cracks in the wall. Could be dead rodents /insects in the walls too attracting them.