The bird house went quick so there was some time left in the evening. I have 2 tiny 3x3 canvases left, and one of them was earmarked for my friend Lora's pooch, Guppy. I had painted my friend Mary's pooch, Grizzly, a few months back on a 3x3.....and I wanted to do the same for Lora, but I needed a decent photo of the dog and didn't have one. Finally, the universe gave me one! In the midst of the pandemic, while Mary and Lora and I cannot go out on our normal excursions and discuss our lives, we are now texting updates about our lives. Lora sent a picture of her dog next to one of her (grown-up) puppies who had come to visit. I now had a good picture of Guppy! Last fall, Guppy gave birth to her first litter, a bajillion puppies or so it seemed! All of the puppies were given names from the movie "Finding Nemo".....Dory, Bruce, Crush, etc. So I'm going to name this painting "Finding Guppy". After a girl raises that many babies, she's absolutely got to find herself again! I am very happy with the way Guppy turned out here; I thought her markings might be difficult to convey, but when I showed it to Dave and asked him if he recognized this dog, he immediately replied that it was Lora's. Success!!!! Hopefully Lora recognizes her too!
The other 3 inch canvas? The same German Shepherd that I've done twice already. He's so stately! I was halfway into doing this when it looked like a complete wreck. The black that I had mixed for the bird hole suddenly seemed very blue. I had to scramble to tone it back with some brown, next thing I knew the whole dog became browner. After some panicky moments he started to come together. I may do a bit more work on him later, especially around the mouth. You can tell I was getting tired!
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