Sunday, October 10, 2010

Cutie Patootie

Cutie Patootie 5" x 5" oil on board, acrylic underpainting
Just a quick post to show this little sweet guy painted in oil.  He did make it back into the water again on his own.  Sometimes we don't know what we're frightened of so we do nothing instead of just taking those little steps and eventually getting our feet wet.  This is the first time in years that I painted in oil.  It was a good little painting to get my feet wet again.

9 comments:

Cathy Bueti said...

This is great Diana! Good for you! Love it! :)

Carola Bartz said...

Cutie patootie is adorable! Good for you for having tried something you haven't done for quite some time.

caryn strauss-smith art and design said...

I love this! Ir'a wonderful! I can feel myself there!

Rona Gregory said...

He is just SO cute! well done you! It must be the week for trying new things/doing things we haven't done for years! and you're right - often we surprise ourselves with just how good we are after all!

Have a lovely creative week

Ro xx

Carrie Schmitt said...

This is precious. Every time I visit your blog and see your artwork, I learn something new about technique or color or something. I love the orangey-red around the dog's body. I wouldn't have known to do that, and it just looks fabulous!

Unknown said...

This is soooo sweet! And as always, I just love your color!!! How fun to see your work in oil. beautiful!

IVYALLOVER said...

Diana this is wonderful I'm a sucker for dogs. Nice to see your oil work just beautiful ♥

Kelly Berkey said...

you already know how much i love this little guy. i can't wait to make something so beautiful. i'm still not finished with my mermaid but will post her later tonight. my sketch is a bit off too...oh well, one good week, two not so good. one good thing is my mermaid is no longer perturbed and crossed-eyed!! yay!

Unknown said...

Ooo...will you paint my sweet Lily? Love the whole essence of this painting. It's like you captured his total "dogginess" in simple yet effective brush strokes.