Lady Margaret - WIP IV

I won't offer a lot of reasons and excuses as to why this isn't finished but I did want to post a WIP shot to show that I am still working it.  I have continued to work on the face and I have started the background. 

Lady Margaret - WIP

Here is my latest WIP.  Once again I am painting on a 10x10 inch stretched watercolor paper "canvas" and the painting will be varnished.  The hat I believe will take quite a bit of time and I probably will switch back and forth between painting the dog and the hat so that I will feel like I am accomplishing something.

Photo Credit: Steve Corey from Flickr

Pug - WIP

I am slowly developing the fur.  I think I will be able to finish him late tonight or sometime tomorrow. He has a couple of little light pink toenails that I am looking forward to painting.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.  The sun is shining but it is cold and windy here. (Well it is in the 50s but to this wimpy Florida resident it is COLD!)

Photo credit: Sachin Sandhu

Pug - WIP

Here is my latest wip.  Sorry that I don't have any earlier wip photos but it rained for several days and I  knew that I would not get a decent photo.  I still have a long way to go.  The finished painting will be 6x6. Thanks for following along.

Photo credit: Sachin Sandhu

Cat - WIP

I am starting off the New Year painting!  I enjoy doing these little detailed paintings but they do come together rather slowly.  This is a 5x5 inch cat wip.

This 10x10 inch watercolor was a nice mental break from my large wolf painting!  Now back to work - lol!

Wolf - WIP

Well it has been over a month since my last post and I am almost embarrassed to show so little progress but at least it is progress.  I still have a very long way to go but I will get there!  After having worked on this painting, I do have a new appreciation that God has every hair on our head numbered - lol.

Wolf

Here are a couple of WIP shots of my latest.  It is a 20x20 inch and is Arches 140 lb WC paper stretched over 1.5 inch stretcher bars and protected with a thin plywood backing, all of which was painted before stretching to protect the paper. It is moving along slowly but this size is very large for me.  I have been working on the ears and eyes today and will try to post an update soon.  Thanks for looking!

More Fur Practice

I started this piece the first part of February but on the 9th DH was admitted to the hospital.  He spent two weeks there (one of those in intensive care) and received 14 units of blood.  We are very happy and thankful to be home. 

I have worked on this little fellow since DH's discharge and I think he is finished.  I am open to suggestions for a title.  He is an 8x8 inch watercolor and will be mounted and varnished.  Thanks to Maria Alejandra - flickr for the reference photo.