by Susan Irving

I’m practicing my line drawing using a mouse on the Fresh paint app. 

West Highland Terrier.  I have been asked by a friend to paint a portrait of her recently deceased Westie,  Scotia, on the wooden urn.  I do not wish to mess it up so have been practicing before I commence. I figure if I can at least do a line drawing with an app–using a mouse–then the actual portrait may go a bit more smoothly. 

[Some days later.] Here is the Westie portrait on the urn, finished, and approved by the person who commissioned it. I was worried about ruining the  wooden surface of the urn so I ended up sanding  it several times before I was able to get a “tooth”.  I used a combination of acrylics and Posca markers. Now that it has been approved, I shall have to letter the dog’s name on it and then varnish it and it will be ready to go. 

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