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Monday, February 27, 2012

 Today the weather was not nearly so nice, it seems to be hovering around the high 30's. I worked on a few dogs but nothing seemed to inspire me today. Some days are just like that. I guess sometimes you just have to do the mundane things like clean house, cook and wash clothes. I have managed to do some reading on my Kindle between  working. The Kindle was one of the best gifts I have every got. I read 6 -10 books a week and now I can read what I want when I want without having to make a trip to the library. I really enjoy it. What I don't like is the price of the covers and skins they make for it. I wanted a cover, so after a bit of thinking I decided it would be easy to make one. It is very easy and they look just as nice if not better than the ones you buy. All you need is a hard cover journal(they generally cost $5 or so) and then take the pages out and you can attach elastic on the inside to hold the kindle. Experiment and you can customize it to your own taste. I made several and they work great. I'll post a picture of one a bit later.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Saturday seems to have slipped past me without my notice. It's Sunday and I haven't accomplished much of anything. I did manage to make a visit to Michaels and found this really neat luminous water color paint. I had to try it out of course. I did a couple more dogs to list on ebay and used the paint on the backgrounds. It shimmers in the light but from the scans it's hard to tell. I am fascinated with dogs that have blue eyes and I did a bulldog and a Catahoula Leopard dog that have blue eyes. The last dog is a Finnish Hound.


  

Friday, February 24, 2012

 I've found that one of the worst things about retirement is you no longer look forward to Fridays. Week ends are just like any other day. With that being said it snowed here in the night, so I woke to a dusting of snow. It was 61 degrees here just two days ago, this has been a strange winter.
  Today I am going back to work on the dog series. I have done several large sized dog portraits 8 X 10's and would like to do more of those as well.  These are pictures I did of a friends black lab, and then another friends shiatsu's

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

I've been doing ACEO's (Artist Cards Editions & Originals) for about 4 years now, and finally decided to get serious about doing and selling them. I am working on a series of dog pictures, I will post several of those every day. I sell mostly on ebay and also do commissions. I love dogs and have had West Highland White terriers as my last 3 dogs. My current dog is a Westie named Max who will be 3 years old. He's a happy loveable guy and I will post some of his pictures later. The dogs below are a Walker Coon Hound, a American Pit Bull and a Scottish Terrier.



Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Here is an example of a portrait I did of a friend's parents.
I have always been told the first sentence in anything you write is the most important. The sentence has to grab your attention and keep you interested to read more. I could not think of a brilliant first sentence, so hopefully you will continue to read on. I'm an artist first, a writer, a reader, and just basically a very curious person. This blog is about my art work and a few other things thrown in for good measure.