This is a drawing of Jesse, now winging it's way to Idaho! Jesse was Sheila's dog (of Idaho Beauty's Creative Journey), now sadly missed and fondly remembered. She was a joy to draw but nerve wracking too. In fact, it wasn't until I Googled black labs that I realised how unique Jesse looked and how I had to get her exactly right! Forty pages of images later I could find nothing like her! I'm much more comfortable drawing people as I can see how close the likeness is, but I think, after drawing Jesse, that getting animals right might actually be more difficult. I'm sure that most of us see a 'cat' or a 'dog' but the owner sees the life, the personality, the uniqueness so much clearer. I had a Blue Burmese, some years ago, and I very rarely see a photo that looks just like her.
Sheila and I met online some years ago at AQL, a group for quilters. I wonder are we the only two quilters to be equally passionate about MotoGP?!
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You did a great job on this, Felicity. You're so right about pets and their uniqueness. It's much easier to draw your own I think.
I am SO excited! I was putting together a post showing a sketch I did of the dog on the book cover I told you about, and telling about this drawing you're doing for me. I popped over to get your blog address to link and here it was, done and posted! You'll have to go check out my little sketch of the wonky-eared dog for a good laugh: http://idahobeautyquilts.blogspot.com/2010/01/wonky-george.html
Thank you thank you - you've done such a magnificent job of capturing her essence.
Hi! Just want to say that I really admire your beautiful work. Thank you for sharing!
Oh wow, so beautiful.
Thanks all!
Thanks Flisa and welcome!
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