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Forgot to post this doggo sleeping I made some time ago.

When I saw this vintage Boston Terrier pull toy I just had to illustrate it. My favorite nickname for Annabelle is LuLu. I hope Barky doesn’t mind.

My 9 year old Boston Terrier, Annabelle is a bright light in my life and she shows up in my work often. Best Christmas gift EVER!!!

A close friend recently lost their family pet, Joey. As a tribute gift, I did his portrait. I usually just draw people, so this presented quite the challenge for me. I have never attempted to draw animals/pets. Bic4 Ballpoint Pen, Sanrio Novelty 10 Colour Ballpoint Pen on Archival 8.5" x 11" paper

Not finished yet! The curliest dog I've ever done!

Sketching these two dogs in my sketchbook by pen and ink.

This is little Finley the Border Terrier. He is a recent commission. I haven't ever drawn a dog so really enjoyed doing this whilst trying to keep to my black and white line style.

Practicing watercolor layers

The finished portrait!

A Lunar Chinese New Year Entry - 2018 its the year of dog! Woof Woof~

I was tired of carrying around a bunch of Microns. I want one or two refillable pens so I started with buying a new Lamy AL-Star Fountain Pen. I love it. I got the medium nib and am able to get a nice range of line width from it. This and maybe a fine nib and I'll be all set for a travel kit. This is the first page I drew with it.

Personal challenge to draw 100 pups.

Some crazy Moleskine doodles for the day. I haven’t been doing enough of these and really need to kick my butt harder. Not sure why because it’s so dang enjoyable.

Pasha was a beloved German Shorthaired Pointer rescue dog. He came to us a bedraggled youngster and lived to become a "grand old man." This pencil drawing was done as a tribute after he "crossed the rainbow bridge."

Personal project to draw 100 pups.

Another commission....loving doing these.

Rough sketch of my dog sleeping

Meet Blu. Hand drawn using 0.03 and 0.05 black fineliners on A4 medium cartridge. Such a gorgeous dog with so much personality.

Inspired by Van Gogh's "Starry Night Over the Rhone"

This is a totem I did of all the pets I have/had. I used Copic Multiliner SPs.

Watercolor of a coworker's bulldog who recently passed. Winsor & Newton Pro watercolors on Arches cold press 140 lb

Rapidograph Pens used to create this image with lots of crosshatching. Drawn from my head.

Dogs will always make me feel better, especially the big one when you can just snuggle into that furry body!

This week, I've been doing pencil drawings of dogs---usually while listening to the news on my computer. Cardigan Corgi, Bloodhound, and Borzoi (Russian Wolfhound). Various graphite pencils on Canson Sketch pad paper. Random on-line photos as reference.

An image for an upcoming poetry book, using lots of crosshatching with Rapidograph pens.

This happy pup is made with collage materials, pencils, watercolor and water-soluble pastel sticks on a cardboard twelve-pack container.

Times goes by so fast when you're too invested of your phone...but I got my dogs (or cats), napping beside me. It's comfy.

These were drawn by hand without lifting the pen, then colored in Illustrator. Did I get your dog?