Sleeping Sam

Sleeping Sam

Watercolor on paper 14"X11"

IVY'S LEGS

I walked this morning in a new area. Now that I am walking further I am finding new things to see. I have reduced my art bag to a pen and sketch book for now and am posting some of them every few days. Ivy and I stopped at a Starbucks and while I sat outside with my iced decaf no cream artificially sweetened coffee, Ivy fell to the ground with a clunk and then a grown to relax. I think an interesting thing about a greyhound is that the legs are so long and almost deer like.

GREYHOUND PICNIC

Food was on the top of the list for all.

Yesterday was the Greyhound Picnic. Since Ivy is a greyhound I went and had a great time. It is a different experience to see 100's of people with 100's of greyhounds all in the same park.

Some people had more than 3 dogs; there were dogs for adoption and dogs with broken legs and dogs with grey noses from age and more. I got a new leash and collar for Ivy. She is styling now.

Ivy

Ivy-graphite on cream paper
Ivy is my brindle colored greyhound. She was rescued from the Agua Caliente race track in Mexico two years ago and has been in her forever home (my house) ever since.

Rock Dove feather

WASHINGTON VACATION

It's cold and dark outside and I am still getting over my sprained foot so I thought I would spend some time on the computer and post these sketches from the Washington trip at John's house during Thanksgiving. Oh, the sun came out. Gotta Go. I can still hobble to a chair outside and sketch.

SWEET ROSE THE PIT BULL

This is sweet Rose. She was helping me draw the landscape outside the living room window. So I had to sketch her.

PORTRAIT OF SAM

This portrait of Sam took many days because he just won't let you look him in the eyes. Well that isn't exactly true. He won't let you look him in the eyes without head butting you.

HEMI

Hemi is one of my grand puppies. She went to Washington with use for Thanksgiving and was a great companion on the long drive.
This is a computer enhanced photo. I love playing with Photoshop.