"Millie and Maisie"

"Millie & Maisie" 12x16 oil on board

I did enjoy this one, it is a commission for a friend, and as always the photo left a lot to the imagination, the leg on one wasn't quite right so I used pictures of other dogs as a guide.

I now see a whole lot more basic measurements should have been done, but it's just being finicky so as I don't have any time left to re-do it I shall let it go, but the next one will be more accurate - I shall call this one conceptual.

JO

Vegas

Add caption"Vegas" 8x10 oil on board

We were invited to watch a show jumping contest and Vegas was the stand in for the regular horse who was unable to perform that day.
A sweet looking horse with lots of energy, he seemed ready, but, unfortunately decided it wasn't for him! 

Twice his rider attempted to start the course and twice he refused, I think you can see the apprehension in his eyes.
Difficult painting due to the interior lighting in the barn and lots of strange colours on his "White" coat.
Babs

Woody

"Woody" 8x10 Oil on Board

Woody is a local dog and a great character, I have been wanting to paint him for sometime and the other day when we were looking at paint chips and there he was so we got permission from the Manager and took some photos of him in action.

The one I choose to paint first shows him coming towards us in the snow and eager to say Hi.

Recently I've painted white dogs and here we have a black/brown creature with lots of hair.

And lots of fun to paint!

For more of his story see my Art Saves Animals Blog

BABS

"Sarge"

"Sarge" 8x8 oil on board

Sarge is on the website "Helping Lost Pets" he was lost in Bracebridge Ontario, but has a microchip indicating he was originally from UK!

Painting him was quite a challenge because of the predominance of white, it required a lot of subtle colour mixing to get the values close.
I painted him several days ago and wasn't satisfied but this morning I looked again and felt happier!
Babs