Advice on background

[Aitch Ledger]

Hi all I havent done many watercolour portraits and usually i would put a wash on first but this time i kind of forgot and got straight into the portrait lol my question is what should I do now? Im worried about ruining it 🤔 should i do some blobs splashes running out of the sides of the dog should i put a light wash around it?  Leave it white? 

[Aitch Ledger]

[Sandra Strait]

I would leave the background alone.  As you say, you might cause parts of the dog to run, and it can be very difficult to keep an unnatural-looking line from forming – either white because you don’t want the wash to touch or darker because the wash does touch.

Your dog portrait looks beautiful the way it is!

[Julia Proulx]

Awesome portrait. I like it as it is.

[Shar Kennett]

That is a beautiful portrait.  Hoping to try animal portraits soon.

[Aitch Ledger]

Thank you all for your replies!

[Debra “Kate” Powell]

Agreed with no touching — lovely