Labs Playing Fetch

6x6 watercolor and ink wash drawn yesterday and painted today of fellow artist EP's labradors playing fetch in the water, splashing about as they have fun with an old chewed up stick.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Dog Tired

5.5x8 watercolor on Strathmore Visual Journal for watercolor, drawn in pencil and painted this afternoon in under 2 hours for a WetCanvas weekend drawing event.  Dogs are the pets of Susan, who hosted the WDE, in which participants have a 2 hour time limit.  Susan had returned from a long trip, and Lu and Emmy looked dejected and tired of waiting.  Anyone who owns dogs or cats knows how they can pout and sulk.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Being a Lab on a Green Couch

7x10 watercolor on Langton Prestige 140 lb CP paper; Daniel Smith paints done today as my daily painting.  I got wild with the color adding midnight blue to shadow areas on the dog's coat, quinacridone gold and gamboge on highlights and quin violet along with quin burnt orange elsewhere...green couch is covered in a loose slipcover.  At the end of an hour I let drips happen where they were.  This one is featured on WetCanvas Weekend Drawing Event and ref courtesy of Susan the host.  The labrador was chocolate in color and couch was blue; the dog blended into the furniture and was a boring dull hue.