Day 5 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days

"Venus"

6" x 6" oil on

pine veneer

To know someone, you have never met, on Facebook since 2009

makes my head spin, but I have known Liz that long.

We painted in parallel on Karin Jurick's "Different Strokes from Different Folks" - 

no longer alive in the blogosphere.

Those were the days - I garnered many FB friends during those

painting challenges - I cherish the ones I still have.

This is one of her dogs, an American Foxhound, Venus.

This one was 'right there' for me, because - the PHOTO was so good!

Bright sun, filtered by shadows from the form and from the yard,

as they sat on the steps I believe.

Great contrast and close-up with all the details I needed!

Some photos do NOT lend themselves well to

being painted and I have tackled a few this past year,

it's very frustrating.

I think someday soon, I will write a blog 'tab' to help

those wanting their photos painted.

An aside, if you get a sunshine glimmer in the eye(s)

you probably have a good one!

But for now....(smile).

Please help me out and follow my FB page and LIKE it,

if you haven't.  I would appreciate it -

my goal is to get to 200 'likes'

in the month of January.