Two cute terrier crosses

My first oil pastel portrait - in fact my first oil pastel.

Terrier puppy in soft pastel on Canson.

Background experiment

Been experimenting a bit with backgrounds. Not sure if I'm happy with this.

Keeshond - pastel on Canson

Gazelle hound

The Saluki or gazelle hound is one of two beautiful animals produced by the Arabs, the other being the Arab horse. Salukis have been around for about 5,000 years and are gracefulness personified.

Pastel on Canson

Finished at last!

The problem with being a perfectionist is that you are frequently afraid to finish something in case you mess up. That's my excuse for not finishing the lab portrait until now. Err, I don't have an excuse for not posting a blog entry...

I can't believe I'm a blogger!

As you can see I have a blog. Why is that so strange? Well, I hate writing down how I feel. Talking is something else. I can talk the hind legs off a donkey; must be down to being Irish.



How is a completely disorganised person going to post blog entries? That remains to be seen! Maybe I've had a sudden reawakening!! That would be worrying as I kind of like who I am now - the devil you know and all that.



The purpose of this blog is to post about my painting. The website at the end of my very long finger has not materialised yet even though I realised yesterday that my web hosting renewal was due. A whole year of hosting and no website - augers well for the blog...



I'm at the horrible mid-point stage of a pastel painting of a yellow lab. The stage where you can't decide whether to tear it up or possibly, maybe, glue yourself to the chair and, horror of horrors, actually pick up a pastel and try to finish it. Or maybe you need to spring clean the whole house, cut the grass with a nail scissors, cook dozens of meals to stock the freezer, write to every person you ever knew...



Here it is in all of it's unfinished glory. I WILL finish it by tomorrow. See if I don't.