I think this will be the last time I will ever do a full body painting of a dog on a 9″ x 12″ paper. How to do the fur and the level of detail drove me nuts. I didn’t realize how difficult it was to paint a Shar Pei. Ha! I know, there are hundreds of dogs. I wonder how many I will get to do till I master “fur”.

I learned dogs have different wrinkles just as they have different spots. No two spots and wrinkles are alike – on any dog. This drove me insane. Knowing that made me more careful when it comes to painting pets.

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