Number 29 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days

"Xander II"

watercolor on Arches

6" x 6" (approx)

Here is a better painting of Xander..didn't like the one 

that I did the other day, but when you

are in a crunch to do ONE a day,

and you start kind of late in the day

and you are driven

that is what happens.

I like this one much better.

Ahhhh..only ONE more to go!!!!!!!

Number 27 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days

"Xander"

6" x 8"

watercolor on Arches semi-rough

Xander is in the household with Venture and Venus, whom I 

painted earlier in my 30 in 30.

He is an American Foxhound, as well.

He is the newest member in the household

of my FB artist friend, Liz.

He is full of antics.  Never a dull moment.

He does something either interesting, amazing,

and almost assuredly downright hilarious every day.

I painted him quickly, as I

had my own dogs to attend to

since it was such a nice

calm day at 71°.  That will

make you people back East

envious..with all the snow and wintery weather.

Our dogs needed baths, nail clippings,

and ear cleaning.

Cold winter has not allowed

us to bathe much - in the

'dog world' here in a long while.

Day 7 of Painting 30 in 30

"Venture"

6" x 6"

oil on pine veneer

This is Venus' sister.  She is an American Foxhound.

  See Day 5.  There wasn't an outdoor

shot that gave the same sort of sunny pose

that Venus' painting had

but I liked this indoor shot.

Although my version kind of reminds me of a 

'doggie mugshot'.

I see one or two areas that need 

addressing with this one

 in the morning.

Along with painting today, I sewed a complete

mitered corners baby quilt out of flannel.

Busy day.

If you would like to see more paintings from about 1200

other artists go to Leslie Saeta's blog

on the sidebar.

There are so many, and each year, I try to visit 

and give say hi and give support,

but this year is overwhelming.

I am pleased that the world seems to be filled with artists.

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.