Brande Arno Art

Cooper 16 x 20 inches, Oil on Board No, this painting is not finished... but darn close.  This is the stage where I can loose the freshness and so I'm almost afraid to proceed.  Because of this fear, yesterday I started a painting of my other doggie, Cookie: Cookie, 12 x 16 inches, Oil on Board This is the initial lay-in and I just love what I captured here.  So I thought I was on a roll until I stopped my painting day and ended up with this: I ended up with some of this piece being overworked.  I do plan on finishing both of my puppy-dog paintings today.  I'm going to conquer my fear of finishing these pieces by showing that inner voice of fear the door out of my studio.

She's not a chocolate chip cookie, she's Cookie the Schnoodle and she passes her time as a 10 lb. watch dog.  Everything gets noticed from a passing car, to the squirrels and deer.  We are trying to teach her to growl instead of bark.  It's going to be a long winter.   

Here is a scan of the painting I did on Dec. 12.  Still trying to work out Daily Paint Works.  I'd love to know how to get the widget code to copy and paste on this blog.

Cookie is my Schnoodle, a breed that is fifty percent Mini-Schnazuer and fifty percent Mini-Poodle.  She's one hundred percent love.  We adopted her almost one year ago and at that time, she was two years old.  She still nurses.  Don't leave your blankie out, she'll gather up a musselful and go to town. She's not picky about what blankie she nurses on.  It could be a Walmart couch throw at my house, or Macy's velvet on my daughter's couch.  I now pack nursing blankets for Cookie when we travel. I'm so happy to be painting in oil again.  I painted this yesterday from a sketch and then  took it's picture on my cell phone, so it's not the best quality.  When dry, I'll scan it, but at least I've learned how to save phone pictures to the memory card, push the same card into my printer and SAVE the file.  This took about 4 hours to figure out, because I'm not the sharpest kni...