Posted in Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged Chocolate Lab, daily painter, Dogs, pet portrait, sketch on January 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Sketch of Walker
Reference photo of Walker
I did this little sketch of Walker, my niece Lex’s old Chocolate Lab that died this past year. He was a wonderful old boy and she grew up with him.
I want to do a little portrait of him and will hopefully get that done soon for her. He was wonderful.
Posted in Dogs, Pet Portaits, Serendipity, tagged bassador, Jed, lab-basset on January 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Jed in a Green Crocheted Sweater
Six years ago today we drove to Ohio to adopt Jed, our sweet bassador (lab-basset mix). And what a good boy he is!!!!
He has the personality of a lab -super sweet and the legs of a basset – short!
We love you Jed….and you make a wonderful model!
Happy 6th Anniversary Adoption Day!!!
Posted in Dogs, Paint Parties, Pet Portaits, tagged Dogs, Paint Party, pet portrait on December 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Kids with Pet Portraits-Dec 2014
These kids did a terrific job painting their pet’s portraits yesterday at The Studio. Wow!
Don’t they look fabulous?! Great work everyone.
Posted in Dogs, Serendipity, tagged Dogs, Mamie on November 27, 2014| 6 Comments »
Mamie’s Tutu
Mamie with Snow Dog
Her first day with us. Just like she had always been here.
Mamie Eisenhower Walker
Kissing Lincoln
Throw my toy please!
Sleeping with Pig
Mamie sleeping on MY pillow-her favorite nap spot
Today we celebrate Thanksgiving – the most honest of all holidays. We give thanks for the family and friends in our lives and for the bounty we enjoy. Today I am giving a special prayer of thanks for our wonderful Mamie. We lost her yesterday to liver failure.
We only had the pleasure of Mamie, a feisty little Cairn terrier, for a little more than 2 years. She came to us from previous homes who could not keep her. What a loss for them because she was an amazing little dog.
She loved pigs. We are not sure how she could tell the difference but she knew her pigs…..and she had many! And she loved to play fetch more than anything. We would throw her pig, a ball, a stuff toy, and most recently her squeaky airplanes (a gift from neighbors when she first got sick in July) down the hallway in the house for her to chase. And chase she would hundreds of times if you would throw it that many. She LOVED it!
And she loved playing with her brothers Jed and Lincoln….especially Lincoln who was patient when we first got Mamie to help her overcome her toy aggression. It took several months but she finally understood that he just wanted to play. (You can see more about Mamie in this anniversary post.)
Mamie was our sweet little girl. She was devilish and clever. She was adorable and manipulating. She knew how to work the room. And many of our Facebook friends loved Mamie as well. We post photos on Facebook almost each day of our visits to the dog park and many people got to know her that way.
So today we send up a prayer of Thanksgiving for the time we had with our little girl, Mamie. We loved her so much and are so happy that she is feeling no more pain. We will miss her forever.
Posted in daily painter, Dogs, Embroidery, tagged Dogs, embroidery, hand embroidery on November 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
On my quest to embroidery everything I see (LOL) I found these cute aprons recently at Target and of course, I thought the apron bib was the perfect place for a little embellishment.
Here is one with a Mamie look-a-like.
Posted in Dogs, Embroidery, tagged Dogs, embroidery, Shenandoah Vallery Artist, Virginia Artist on November 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I love Facebook because I am always seeing cute sayings that people post. I saw this one a few weeks ago and thought it would make a cute embroidery pattern if I added a little dog to it. So here it is on a pillow.
I love this one!
Posted in Dogs, Paint Parties, Pet Portaits, tagged Dogs, Paint Party, pet portrait on November 16, 2014| Leave a Comment »
We had a really great group painting Pet Portraits at the Paint Party yesterday. I can only share one photo with you as several were painting the portraits for Christmas presents so I can not share theirs. I know that the recipients will love them.
Join us for the next Paint Party on Saturday, December 6, at 2 pm. We will be painting a winter scene.
Posted in Collage, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged collage, daily painter, paper painting, Shenandoah Artist, Virginia Artist on October 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Paper Painting – Walking the Dog
I experimented more with painting with paper this week. It’s relaxing to rip paper and fit it onto the form that I have pre-painted. I like searching through the paper to find the ones that have the colors that I think will work for the shades of color I need.
It’s an interesting departure from painting.
“Walking the Dog”, 9″x12″, paper over acrylic paint on canvas board.
Posted in Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, beagle, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, Shenandoah Valley Artist, Virginia Artist on October 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A few days ago I posted “The Talking Beagle”, an acrylic painting that I started during art class last week. (See that post here.) I finished it this week.
I just love the way beagles “talk” and when I saw the photo of this little guy baying I knew it would make a great painting.
“The Talking Beagle”, acrylic on canvas, 16″ x 20″, available for $225.
Posted in Art Class, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged acrylic, beagle, daily painter, Dogs, pet portrait, Virginia Artist on September 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Last week at my evening adult classes I started a painting. Sometimes when I feel that everyone is on track with their paintings I will paint during the adult art classes. On Wednesday and Thursday I worked on “The Talking Beagle”. It is an acrylic painting on 16″x20″ canvas. I have always loved the way Beagles “talk”-they throw their heads back and just let go! I love it.
This painting is about 75% finished. I still need to get in some details and the finish the face. I am hoping to get to that during this weeks class.
The Studio 