Beck in watercolour by Ruth Dolan

Lovely Ruth! A beautiful portrait of a beautiful dog. You've really captured her gentle nature in this - Sheila will be delighted when she sees it.

You've managed to keep that same expression in her eyes as you captured in your pencil drawing. Beautiful.

Lovely portrait and unusual angle as well, which really works. Great expression in the eyes. Well done.

Such a worried expression. She really wants to please. Beautifully painted Ruth.

Beautiful watercolour Ruth, very natural looking pose.

Thank you all for your comments, it's very kind of everybody. I so much enjoyed painting Beck, and am planning to give the picture to my sister on her 80th next month.

This arouses all of my protective instincts; granted, I'm daft about dogs, but she really is so lovely ... was this the same dog that was tipped out of a car onto the motorway? Unbelievable; the thought makes me want to flog the persons responsible.....

Lovely watercolour portrait, not an easy task to paint animal portraits in this medium, still have to give it a try. Thanks for your comments to my posts.

Yes, Robert, the same dog. As you probably know, homeless dogs haven't just wandered off, they have been callously thrown out as surplus to requirements, often in freezing weather, into dangerous situations, and in poor health. All done deliberately with malice aforethought......Some never recover their nervous health, and become quivering wrecks.

Lovely lovely painting Ruth. Yet another style of watercolour to aspire to!

Lovely soft expression in the eyes of the spaniel, just gorgeous