Brushstrokes DEMO Feb21

 Rubee 

 I was invited to demonstrate painting for Brushstrokes Artist Program. They suggested I paint an animal so I chose my dog Rubee, a McNab cross who I've never painted before.  I managed to paint her about two hours with an audience of over 50 people.  Lots of interesting questions and stories, I hope they enjoyed it. 

Here is the artwork.

How long does it take

 Preparing for a demo in february I have been practising and timing myself to paint an animal.

First the 2 bull dogs in oil took a couple hours, too long...

the second:  my daughter sent me a cute little photo of a golden retriever; i painted that one in acrylic and it took even longer, so many layers.

Deciding to paint a black OR. a white dog would be the best timewise , It was an just over hour but prep time not allot for, I can do this !