"Syrup"

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Good effort and great daring... if you have her photo you can work on her eyes a bit otherwise you almost made it...

Posted by Manashree Bosom Mitra on Fri 29 Apr 10:23:27

Thanks Manashree Yes I am tempted to have another go.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Fri 29 Apr 10:29:42

Nothing wrong with this adele

Posted by Paul Hardy on Fri 29 Apr 10:46:14

Very nice Adele, love it.

Posted by anthony Collins on Fri 29 Apr 11:41:06

Thanks Paul and Anthony. I wish I could have done her justice but I may try again.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Fri 29 Apr 11:58:51

Adele, If I was not so busy I would have a go from a photo you may have. It would be a good serious challenge for someone.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Fri 29 Apr 12:31:59

This is lovely. The face is very expressive, and im glad you felt able to share it.

Posted by Joanne Duncan on Fri 29 Apr 12:35:04

Thank you John and Joanne. Know what you mean about busy John. I have so many ideas in my head and other things that need doing. Not to mention making 16 frames for my paintings - and that number is going up all the time as I get diverted by doing more paintings.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Fri 29 Apr 17:20:18

Hang on Studio Wall

29/04/2016

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I hesitated to put this painting on as it is very basic compared to the expertise of the other animal artists on this website. But the animals I painted at the start of my art experience deserve to be on my gallery. Syrup - so named because she was quite golden and sweet was bought from Battersea Dogs Home at approx. 1 year old. She became more attached to me than the rest of the family, maybe because she knew I needed her desperately. Locked into the dark recesses of my mind, she would sit for hours on my lap. When I was feeling particularly poorly she would put her head on my lap and gaze into my eyes with her big beautiful dark ones. I had to take her out so I was forced to move myself. She thought she was a cat and mothered the local cats, much to their disgust, and she didn't like dogs! Such a sweet-natured girl, I still miss her after 12 years.

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Adele Elgood

When I was a young girl my parents had a large mirror which had an etching of a "crinoline lady" on. I would spend hours copying this. In the 1960's when I was at Secondary school, I was told to give up painting and drawing as I was useless and would never be any good. Following these words of…

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