"Celebrate" is #3 in my series "Paint What You Love". The first two have my dog, Fancy, in them. The idea for it came to me because I had received 1st. place awards for the first two, and I wanted her to get a 1st. place award for painting me, aka Fancy's mother. If you don't catch on to that--I posed like in the famous painting, Whistler's Mother". I have a lot of referance photos of Fancy, but not one of her jumping. So, I took time to learn more about a dog's anatomy and did several sketches to see if the proportions were right. I also took more photos of her in various positions. Poor thing--she couldn't lay down for a nap without me bothering her.
"Celebrate" is currently in the Canyon Lake Art Guild's, Lasting Impressions Show, at the New Braunfel's Art Gallery, in New Braunfels, Texas, through Mar. 30th..
ENJOY!!
"Paint What You Love", Pastel, 16"x20"
"Have Fun", Pastel, 20"x16"
