Concentration #6

I drew inspiration for this poem and this art piece from the passing of my dog a little over a year ago. I was trying to think about how it might feel to be forgotten or replaced. I drew a dog skeleton and made the head droop and had the tail sag to convey sadness in the dog. I wanted to make the piece split so that you could see the skeleton underground and also have the owner and the other dog above ground. Using white charcoal, I colored the bones and used a black colored pencil to add a dirty look to them as if the dog has been buried for a while. I used black colored pencil to draw the dog above ground and shaded it with the white charcoal. For the feet of the person I used tan and peach colored pencils and blended these two together to try and show different shadows and highlights. In the background I used watercolor to show the different levels of ground, grass, and sky.