A portrait of Harry

     I gasped when I saw that I haven't posted anything this June! Forgive me for I haven't been too busy, there's always time for anything you want to do. That's what I believe anyway, though it's an acceptable excuse to say I didn't have time. Because, of course, I didn't. I suppose I will have to make some sort of blogging schedule for myself. I can promise you will here more from me this week anyway!

    Now, I want you to tell me what you think of this portrait I have just finished. Do you think it is good enough to pronounce finished and send it off to the dogs owner? I'm not perfectly happy with it myself but the photos I had to work with were truly a challenge! The lady commissioned it for her friends dog as a surprise so she couldn't very well set up an elaborate photo shoot when her friend wasn't looking. But she tried.

   What do you think? Is it alright?

Portrait at it's new home

This morning I was sent this lovely photo of a portrait a did some months ago now beautifully framed with the original Max posing with it. Isn't it a cute shot! They love the portrait. I love to hear back like this and see a portrait I've done for someone, in it's new frame.

Max's valentine

My New Drawing Board

After a couple weeks of coaxing and pleading Dad finally made me a drawing board! It took him two afternoons with my help--or hindrance! He made it with no design just a couple of photos I gave him of the sort of thing I wanted. 

The angle is adjustable by unscrewing the wing nuts and putting the screws in other holes. It's a simple design but serves my purpose and I'm very happy with it. As you can see I have begun using it already.

It is very useful for drawing for I always find that when drawing on a flat surface your viewing angle is distorted and what looks fine lying on the desk before you suddenly becomes elongated when you lift it up to view at 90 degrees! The drawing board is supposed to fix that

The only problem now is I need a higher chair!