Category Archives: dog

Blue never fails to elicit a smile from me.  Even when I’m having an annoying day, I get to Blue’s house and can hear the thumpthumpthump of his tail on the other side of the door, waiting for me to open it.  Once I do, he explodes out of it, bouncing like rubber in fits ofContinue reading “Blue, started”

Art writer Paul Gardner wrote “A painting is never finished, it simply stops in interesting places.” Oscar should have been finished a couple of weeks ago, but I kept touching it.  Now it’s worse. I’m stopping here, in these interesting places.

I had to add hair.  And glasses (since that’s how most people see me).  I usually have an unruly mess of random hair strands falling out of my hat to the side, so I just went with that. Another one down.  Yea.

I figured this painting would either work up really fast, or I’d spend an eternity on little details that are completely unnecessary (that would be the normal way I paint).  Thankfully, the former seems to be the case, and I’m just having fun with this. Now, to finish the white, is all…