Cheater, Cheater Ballpoint Pen Eater
Kenny and Julie are dog lovers. They’ve taken sick dogs into their home and volunteered at the dog shelter. Julie contacted me to see if I could paint something very custom and very unusual as a gift for Kenny.
Kenny had mentioned to Julie that one day he’d love to have a man cave and in this man cave, there would be a painting of their dogs playing poker. So with that in mind, Julie found my pet painting website and asked if it could be done.
This was a fun challenge and they were such great clients. Julie sent me photos of all the dogs with complete descriptions of their personalities.
The primary challenge was not having pictures of the dogs in the right positions. My dogs modeled a bit and Google is great for getting photos for reference.
We agreed that I’d do a drawing for Kenny’s birthday, so he could put in special requests and have the painting done for Christmas.
Inspired by the famous series of paintings done by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, I set out to do Kenny’s dogs.
There’s Olive, on the left, who’s bossy and likes fruit.
Rugby (RIP) was Kenny’s boyhood dog. I only had two pictures of him to reference.
Dora, the lab is their current dog. George, the “old man” was only with them a short time but they loved him immediately. He came to them sick and lived there until he died.
Milo, is a little dickens, always chewing pens and scrapping with the other dogs. He ended up having to move into a friend’s home, where he gets into less trouble.
Kenny and Julie seemed thrilled with the painting and I look forward to seeing a picture of it hanging in the man cave! I loved the challenge of this assignment and I’m willing to try other special requests.
Do you have a dog, who you want see doing yoga, playing the violin or maybe surfing? I’m up for it. Check out my website www.custompetpaintings.com and send me a note.
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