"Poppy" - Australian Cattle Dog, aka Queensland Heeler or Red Heeler.

I saw this pup and its littermate in the bed of a pickup truck parked at a yard sale. I happened to have my camera with me and the owner graciously allowed me to take some photos. When I decided to create a painting of one of the pups, the title "Poppy" came to me first. The pups were the red merle coat color, so poppy color wasn't far off and this painting is in the colors of a California poppy.

This painting is already framed!

See the second image for mat/frame proportions.
Art: 4" x 4", copyright 2005
Mat: 8" x 10", white
Frame: 8" x 10", matte-finish silver

This is a watercolor painting on Yupo, one of my "Paintings with Petzazz". When the painting was dry, I added just a bit of color pencil in a few places for enhancement.

Yupo is made of polypropylene, it's slick and bright white. The water/paint mixture isn't absorbed into the surface as with traditional watercolor paper - this results in vibrant colors and interesting swirls and watermarks that appear as the paint dries. Paint can also be lifted easily with a damp brush - wonderful for creating edges, the highlight in the eye, whiskers, etc.

My intent with these paintings is to interpret the subject, not to paint it exactly, although I do strive for accuracy of proportion. I choose a limited color palette and let the paint and paper do a lot of the work. After selecting the image, I'll often choose a title which is related to a color and then come up with the color scheme.

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