White Dog finished

Here is a watercolor of Edelweiss, a real sweet German Shepard. 7.5 X 9.5 on Arches 140 lb cold press

Painting Black Dogs-WIP

Here's another black dog watercolor, 7.5"x9.5", on Arches, 140 lb. cold press. Almost finished.

New canine painting

Went to a great walk-in workshop yesterday. Got some useful information on using color to paint black dogs. Here's my first try. It is cropped by the size of my scanner, but this almost shows the difference between the use of color here and in older paintings. It actually has livelier color than shown here.

The image itself takes up about 9"x12" on Arches, 140 lb., cold press.

Getting Acquainted with Tempest

Here is Tempest. 7"x5" watercolor. The subtle areas in her coat did not show on my scan; this is as close as I could get it today.

Getting Acquainted with Woody and Winnie

Here are my latest watercolors. I am getting acquainted with ways to represent Woody, the canine on the right, and Winnie, on the left. These 3 sketches are in the order which I painted them, first on top, second, then third. I can see the improvement as I progressed.

This first one of Woody and puppy, Winnie, is 5"x7".


Woody. 7"x5"



Woody as a pup. 7"x5"

Fun with Brittany Spaniel

Here are a couple of 5"X3.5" watercolors of "Jack."

I still haven't gotten a good sense of how to use the Canoscan I bought in 2002, wih my new MacMini. Had to use a work-around to even get it to scan. Scans don't show the subtle light blues. I have tweeked some of the settings, but still haven't succeeded in finding where the fix is.

Sketching in the park

Went sketching birds in Upper Bidwell Park by Horseshoe Lake this morning. The Snowgoose festival has offered some sketching classes. We had fun, and I learned some great tips on sketching birds in general.

These two sketches are the last of several pages of playing with pencils and brushes.