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| Maggie, waiting at the door - desperate for a walk |
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| Love painting the dried hydrangea - so subtle and delicate, and almost abstract. |
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| The colors I used were quin. gold, permanent rose and cobalt blue for the initial light glazes. Later I switched to indanthrone for darker colors. |
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| I thought the shadow would be good in basic black, but this morning ... |
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... I glazed over it with indanthrone.
The painting is 11.25 x 8.25 inches. |
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| I worked on both of these at the same time, but the first one must have caught my interest more, as it was finished first. I am using the same colors for this, too. |
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| 9.25 x 12.25 inches |
Maggie ... the Stealth Dog ... the Maggot ... She is decidedly a handful! I have been following some of Cesar Millan's videos, and have read one of his books. It's helped a lot with understanding her [and Bruno, too]. She is a very high-energy dog - could probably be out all day, walking and running. Me - not so much! I think I'll have to get an old bike, and teach her to run beside me. Walking her for an hour or so, at a fast clip is not enough. According to Cesar, a well-exercised dog is a content and well-behaved dog. Yesterday, we were out walking, and she was seriously distracted by another dog. She cut in front of me, and I tripped and went flying onto the gravel - sprained a finger and took some chunks out of the palm of my hand. It has made painting a little more interesting!
Well, that's it for now from the farm ...
Thank you so much for dropping by!
