Old Sal

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I really like this Robert and the setting is excellent.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Fri 21 Apr 19:20:18

Beautiful. Is that a little snail 🐌 I see near pooch? 👀

Posted by Faye Patrick on Fri 21 Apr 20:04:31

Ah lovely portrait Robert. Hope painting it brought back happy memories for you - our animals are so precious to us.

Posted by Sarah Crouch on Fri 21 Apr 21:20:42

And of course, of the two photos I took, I've posted the wrong one - the actual painting is a little darker and in consequence a bit softer. But there we are, can't keep posting the same thing until I get it right, it's not too bad: and at least I've lost the blur in my pictures that I was getting before. Thanks for all comments so far.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Fri 21 Apr 22:32:44

Touching and very beautiful.

Posted by valerie harper on Sat 22 Apr 06:41:39

Justice indeed Robert, she looks like she was a wonderful and much missed dog.

Posted by Heather Love on Sat 22 Apr 07:46:27

Fine work Robert, I particularly like your handling of the foliage and grasses.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Sat 22 Apr 08:12:22

Wonderful Robert and the turned over ear, gives her real character. She looks happy in her surroundings.

Posted by Denise Cat on Sat 22 Apr 08:28:40

Lovely ,lovely old Sal. Hopefully your memories were happy when you painted this Robert.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Sat 22 Apr 08:31:34

Hopefully happy memories of your beautiful pet, Robert. Love the energetic greenery too!

Posted by Linda Wilson on Sat 22 Apr 08:46:24

A faithful companion really sensitively painted Robert.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Sat 22 Apr 10:29:09

Faye, it's a rat: I admit it looks somewhat snail-like. Nearly all of my pictures are signed with a rat....

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Sat 22 Apr 13:07:02

Thank you for the info’ on the colours you used. Old Sal looks very happy amidst the grass and trees. I admire your unfussy brushstrokes Roger.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Sat 22 Apr 15:01:45

Sorry that should have been ‘Robert’.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Sat 22 Apr 15:02:35

A beautiful picture and tribute to your lovely pet, Robert.

Posted by Anne Fletcher on Sat 22 Apr 17:05:50

Lovely job done here Robert…great animal but those grasses are exceptional, both in colour and technique!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Sat 22 Apr 17:08:29

Lovely tribute to a beautiful dog.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Sat 22 Apr 22:45:18

Well done Robert.

Posted by George Cutter on Sun 23 Apr 08:47:36

Lovely painting Robert - I have just posted a sketch I did many years ago of our family dog who we got when I was 3 and who died when I was 17 (I must have done the drawing when she was very elderly) - always kept it.

Posted by Hilary Pendlebury on Sun 23 Apr 13:07:47

If anyone is still looking in - this ended up being my younger brother's birthday present: Sally (also the name of this wife!) was his dog, and she protected him from anyone who dared to so much as look askance at him: she wouldn't bite, she'd just jump up at you, barking furiously, and push you away from her little boy..

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Sat 12 Aug 16:37:00

Hang on Studio Wall

21/04/2023

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Acrylic, 8" by 8", manganese blue (hue), pthalo green, Naples Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Sepia, Cadmium yellow, Lemon yellow, underpainting black and burnt umber on raw sienna ground. It was Sylvia Evans who suggested I paint old Sal - ca. 1960 to 1979. I really couldn't face doing it until now. Hope I've done a wonderful dog justice.

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Robert Jones, NAPA

Born November 18th 1950. Former party political agent, former chairman of housing association. Has worked as a volunteer with the NHS since 2000, painting seriously for the last ten years, sporadically for the last 50. Member, National Association of Painters in Acrylic from October 2015

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