" GRACE "

                                                    8  x  10    Oil

This is Grace my chocolate labrador. I have many pictures of her but until now I had never done an oil painting of her or any other animal btw.

I have to say the original painting looks so much better. I had a hard time adjusting the browns it was getting so green and red. 

Oh well, here she is looking as I'm getting ready to go and wondering will I take her with me ?
BTW I purposefully choose a picture that was somewhat blurry because I wanted a more painterly feel, as I had to just make up some of the areas. It forces me to just paint with out being too precise. I have a tendency to be exact so I try to find ways to get me in the opposite direction.

"Grace"

This portrait was painted by Vern Schwarz , he saw a picture of her on my blog and felt moved to paint her. I am one lucky person. Please check his blog for more of his work.  He is one talented artist.