My first pet, Jean Bernick

I had to use the internet for this, as the only picture that I have was not good enough, but my first pet was a Scottie named Dutchess. Most of what I remember is stories about her she had puppies 3 days before I was born. Another story is that when I was about 1 1\2 yrs old, I was in the back of our house with my Mom on a winter day with heavy snow on the ground. Mom went inside to get something thinking, that I would be ok. When she came out, I was nowhere to be seen. I had wandered away on the heavy crust on the snow. Duchess kept running back and forth between me and Mom until my Mom found me. This sketch is not my Duchess, but I have always loved Scotties since.

A Little Pug, Joan Sicignano

8x10 pen and ink
by Joan Sicignano

Pets, Ann Hyde

As a kid I had a guinea pig - well, for a while.

That was until the day I went out to the shed to see it, 

and discovered, it was in fact a she, and she had produce babies!

 

Pets, Ann Hyde

One of my earliest pets, was a budgie.  A blue one, he could talk and would say "Pop gone to work" - "Ann gone to school".       Except sometimes he would muddle it up and say     "Pop gone to school" - "Ann gone to work" !!!!  

Pets / Animals, Sirkka Jalava Dog Trixie

I would take part in this periods theme with a couple of pictures. I have two cats but I noticed, that I have not painted them at all, yes done a drawing in pastel. But once I had a dog by me when the owners was travelling. I did some some aquarelles of this dog.

Thank you Lynn and Ann for hosting this blog. 

Animals/Pets, Brush up time, Ann Hyde

He wasn't sure about the brush when it appeared....

Animals/Pets, Chat with dad, Ann Hyde

I'm currently doing another challenge on facebook whereby you get to draw on Index Cards, from June through to end of July  (61 days).   The drawing today fits our challenge here too on Paper, Paint Pencils & Pens, so here goes..

"Chat with Dad"

 

Animals/Pets, William and the deflated beach ball, Ann Hyde

Oh, I know....you all guessed that William would end up here for this Theme.  I wasn't going to add him but thought you would all be disappointed if I didn't, so here he is....

aceo format 2.5 x 3.5 inches 

~ this painting is on my Etsy shop ~

Animals/Pets, Carriage Horse by Joan Tavolott

Yesterday I went out with the NYC Urban Sketchers. Our theme for the day was sketching things that are or may be disappearing from NYC. There have been heated arguments in the city about the carriage horses in Central Park. I can understand the arguments for and against them remaining, and the decision hasn't yet been made. Until then, they are fun to sketch and each of the horses (and their drivers) is unique.

Pets/Animals, Chihuahua Dog, Penny Stewart

Since I am always posting tiny paintings, I thought I would show you one of my larger ones, acrylic 12x16, which seems huge to me. LOL. I love Chihuahuas and this one was done in a class I taught at Michael's for Pet Portrait Painting awhile back. Who could resist that face?

There are many more of my animal paintings on my Facebook Page if you are interested. Thanks.

Pets/Animals, In the Style of Picasso by Donna Bickley

A couple more "in the style of"

Blue Nude Cat with Mice - In the style of Pablo Picasso, a whimsical parody of his masterpiece, Blue Nude, My version is catified, featuring my iconic cat as the nude with the ever-present observer mice.

AND

Warning - this is a bit edgy - I consider it a cautionary tale to keep one's cats indoor (my cat could catch a bird in midair - I know cause I play "Whirly-Bird" with her!)
 
Cat Catching a Bird - In the style of Picasso's painting, 1939