[CR] Portrait Of Pepper

This Is Peppers’ Time ..

To be in the spotlight, now that I have finished his portrait. Actually it has been completed for a few weeks now. I just found a few many minutes to clean up the progress photos and get together a combined picture for easy viewing. Needless to say, he is thrilled with it! He smelled it then ignored it just the same as every other painting I create and place at his height. As seen in one of the photos, he prefers to hide behind them rather than stare at them.. That’s okay. I am very content with how both Pepper and Mollys’ portraits came out.

Here Are The Two Completed Portraits of Our Pups ..

For ‘Portrait Of Pepper’ ..

I used my Ivory Black #67 Derwent Watercolour pencil, of course Water, watercolor paper, my favorite go to brush (One of my wifes old makeup brushes..hehe), paper towel, Peppers’ beautiful little face, love, creativity and patience. This one is created on a piece of watercolor paper measuring roughly 5.5 inches by 7.5 inches. Taking a look back at the time stamp on my progression photos, this piece took from start to finish, about 3 hours to create. No to bad.

Progression Photos ..

For those interested, here ar the Progress Shots. Steemit Link
He started off looking a little angry, but then with a few adjustments he became his normal poker faced self. When he is happy, excited, sad, board, yada yada.. Always the same face. But We LOVE it.

Mr Pepper ..

Little Mr Pepper, a black and white Shih Tzu, Came to us from Lancaster Pennsylvania. We picked him up as a puppy from a small local shop. He immediately came to us and we knew he was going to be a part of our little family. That was almost 13 years ago.. Where does the time go? We have had many good times together and hope for many more before his bones are too tired to move. He is our little shadow, our whiner, our curious one, our guard puppy, and our snuggle buddy. He is truly a perfect dog for our family. Not to mention that he is a true Big Brother to little Miss Molly. She is lost without him, constantly looking to him for reassurance and guidance. I feel really good about seeing this portrait through from my mind to completion. It was something I wanted to create for a while.. Feeling very happy today :-)

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About Me ~ The Artist

My art work incorporates a wide variety of subject matter, including landscape, seascape, cityscape, and still life images. My works are the product of a continuing process of exploration through which I seek to portray personal and visionary interpretations of my surroundings. My paintings are impressions of places and events from everyday life, an interpretation of my imagination, and personal responses to what I see and feel on a daily basis. More recently I have invested generous amounts of time into my landscape painting. I am surrounded by natural and man made beauty, which inherently presents itself in the tri-state area, and almost demands that I paint it.

Not everything is art. Art is not everything, but it comes close. Art is everywhere and all the time. Art makes you experience the beauty of the world, the people in it, and the places we call home. Art itself is so influential that it can tell stories, show feelings, and express passion or fury. Art exists in addition to language; expression of sensations and thoughts, revealing a way of thinking too subtle and delicate for words.

For me art requires love, honesty and perseverance. In return, it reveals some personal, non-analyzable, and creative untamed passion. For the public, art with its magnificent beauty, improves mood and health and builds better human beings and communities. It engages the intellect, softens the heart, strengthens the soul and frees the spirit.