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Labrador Club of Scotland Show

I had a lovely time at the Labrador Club of Scotland show held on Saturday at Alva. I wasn’t showing my Lab, but my art and crafts. I did get to have quick cuddles with a couple of Logie’s half sisters who had been showing. I got the third degree from pup when I got […]

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Labrador Painting: Logie At Achmelvich Bay

Last year I started a portrait of my Labrador based on a photo of him at Achmelvich Bay in the north west of Scotland. It was a beautiful morning when we visited in March 2018. Blue sky, turquoise sea, and white sands. It could have been a far off tropical paradise, if it wasn’t for […]

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Finished Painting: Young Lion

In May I blogged the work-in-progress photos of the young lion painting I was working on, Young Lion Painting in Progress, and today I have finally finished it. Lions are a new painting subject, giving me the opportunity to study the fur pattern and colouring closely for the first time. The tree bark was also […]

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Tiger Art for WWF Global Tiger Day

I’m a member of the Society for All Artists (SAA) and they held a WWF Global Tiger Day challenge. The aim was to paint tigers to highlight their plight. The idea I had was a cub with it’s mother, the cub being the future of tigers. Wanting to keep the piece relatively simple, I worked […]

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Red Squirrel Capers Continue

Since my previous blog, Red Squirrel Garden Visitors, there have been more Red Squirrel capers! A new male has been turning up to my garden, and a new female. The new female has smaller ear tufts and there is no obvious scar above her right eye. Here’s the new boy pictured below.  The fur in […]

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