Tag Archives: dog portrait

Shetland Sheepdog Portrait = Piper’s Portrait in Pastel

Posted on 03/21/2021 by kunstkitchen

This piece of artwork of Piper, a Shetland Sheepdog was a commemorative portrait. The photo I had to work from was very distorted with pixelated smears. It took much longer than expected to intuit the missing details. I looked at … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Art and Architecture, Art Work, Dog Portraits, environment, poetry | Tagged Canada, companion dog, dog portrait, pastel drawing, pastel pencil, Rembrandt pastels, Shetland Sheepdog, Ted Dyck | 6 Comments

A Vegetable Peeler: A Simple Object Lesson – A Contemplative life = An Attitude of Gratitude

Posted on 11/23/2020 by kunstkitchen

Radakitchenstore I bought a Rada vegetable peeler at the farmer’s market ages ago from a nice couple selling Rada products. “Imported from Iowa,” remarked the woman that was selling Rada knives too. This is a stainless steel peeler and worked … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Art Work, Contemplative life, Dog Portraits, environment, Farmer's Markets, health | Tagged covid, covid testing, dog portrait, facemasks, Gratitude, keeping an attitude of gratitude, loss, Midwest, Minnesota, missing real life contact, online shopping, Shetland Sheepdog, shopping, social distance, zoom dinner | 8 Comments

Are you done Done? Yup, I’m Done. Pudelpointer Portrait Completed

Posted on 07/01/2020 by kunstkitchen

I’ve dug in and finished the portrait of Sataya the Pudelpointer! Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Art and Architecture, Art Work, Dog Portraits | Tagged animals, art, dog portrait, dogs, humor, pastel drawing, portrait art, pudelpointer | 12 Comments

Pudelpointer Portrait = Know when to stop drawing – pastel drawing

Posted on 05/17/2020 by kunstkitchen

This portrait of the Pudel Pointer Sataya preoccupied me for the duration of the Stay At Home here in Minnesota. Natural light was in short supply on many days. Extra lighting did not help on the rainy, cloud covered sky days. Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Art Work, Dog Portraits, Slow food and art in the kitchen | Tagged art, Dick Blick Art Materials, dog portrait, dogs, German hunting dog, hunting dog, pastel drawing, pastel pencil work, pastels, portrait art, pudelpointer, Rembrandt pastels | 6 Comments

Sascha Portrait in Oil Completed

Posted on 03/31/2020 by kunstkitchen

Sascha the Long Hair German Shepherd a portrait in oil paints had many different states before its final completion. The background is still wet in some spots. It has to dry for a while and then I will varnish the … Continue reading →