My 15 year old son is desperate for a dog – not any dog, he wants a Corgi. On many, many grounds we are not getting one: university in 3 years’ time – who would be looking after it? It would chase my chickens. I’m a republican, so the last breed I would consider is …
Here’s a commission I did on canvas. I have sent it off by courier today: I do not like painting animals’ tongues – they end up looking like there is a naked mole rat in its mouth…. Also black animals in watercolour are a challenge. Oh, and I don’t like collars. Apart from that, I …
I posted a step-by-step of this lab and thought I had better put the finished painting on. I rather like him, I must say!
So, have been asked to paint four dogs with a bright palette of colours. So far, I have done a dalmatian, which is definitely not black and white and a bulldog, which hopefully balances soft eyes against those nasty looking teeth: Now it is time for a golden lab. I wanted to get a really …
Well, golly gosh, it’s been a year since I’ve posted on this blog. Pathetic or what? It’s been busy, that’s my only excuse – lots of writing, lots of painting, lots of being a mum….. So, anyway I thought I would kick things off again with a step-by-step of a black labroador. Now black is …
This year I have mostly been paintin’ dogs…. I seem to have ended up painting a fair few much loved pooches this year and thought it might be fun to put together the source photo and the finished painting – sort of before and after. Of course, being ego centric I put the painting first, so it’s more …
I was invited into an art class today to show how I paint. Apart from the obvious question of ‘Why would anyone want to know?’, I asked what was expected and was told I could just paint and people could look over my shoulder if they fancied. So, being faced with 20 eager faces in a …