Not a horse

This is my first commisioned piece. A friend saw my drawings and paintings in the summer and asked if I could do a painting of her dog. I said I would try and this is the result.

It is 24 x 24 cm pastel on canson paper. I enjoyed doing it, though it was a challenge to find the colours behind the black!

The dog is Liebe, a pedigree Munsterlander.

Nisa in Watercolour

I have struggled to capture Nisa in any media. She is a very gentle, kind natured horse, but I can never get her just right. On the EAG there is an Exhibition of the Artist's Horse as Muse - for me that has to be Nisa, and althouth I have yet to capture her as I want to I will be entering this picture in the Exhibition. I have set her in the countryside typical of my area here in Portugal. It is not done from any reference, just from my impressions of driving the kids to school, going shopping and such. As we will be leaving Portugal in the coming year, these views have become more precious to me.