This painting is 9 x 12 on 140 lb Arches coldpress watercolor paper. A couple of years ago we visited Catalina Island and we were waiting in a parking lot for a bus tour to pick us up. Across the lot was a ticket booth for Miniature Golf. An old golden retriever was sleeping on the ledge of the ticket booth window. It was so unusual that I took pictures. I've been wanting to paint this for a long time - it looked like it would be fun.
It turned out to be hard! I'm very happy I finally finished this painting. I had to work out some problems and make some changes along the way. I decided to make the dog darker and backlit. So I got to try my hand at wetting and scrubbing with a watercolor scrubber to lift out the tree and background that is through another window on the other side of the ticket booth.
It's really unusual to see so!
ReplyDeleteThis is an excellent illustration, Carolyn! I think that the impression remains a long time! And then they are appear! :-))) I love him - this dog is so kind and so cute in dream!!! Hihihhiiii :-)))))
Thank you for such cool mood, Carolyn!