“Zephyr”

OK, I’m calling this done. It was a challenge, but I think it turned out pretty well. I pulled out “The Art of Robert Bateman” and studied how he painted a polar bear’s fur to get an idea of how to handle Zephyr’s fur. He’s a golden retriever, but what they call a cream variation. A bit tricky to get the colors — golden, but not that golden. Almost a white. Robert Bateman’s polar bear has a lot of yellowish-golden tinges. Polar bears are not white. Nor is my black & white tuxedo cat, Picasso. Clouds aren’t even white. It’s always a matter of comparing things everybody thinks are white to a sheet of white paper.

And here’s Picasso, where he supervises me painting every day. It looks like he’s thinking Ain’t ya done yet?