Aw-w-w-w! SO CUTE!!!

Celestria Art Update:

OK, I know I said the next piece was going to be a Beardie, but I ran out of one of the colors of ink that my printer takes so couldn't print my reference photos for it. So, I pulled this one out to finish since it was already about a third of the way done. I had started on this about a year ago, then put it away when I got busy with other projects.

This is Kestra as a puppy (Celestria's Kestra O'Tonalee, CH X-mas Cracker at Clan-Abby x CH Tonalee's Hiland Hope, PT, FDCH). Kestra is out of a litter I bred and she belongs to Jayme Martinez who is a friend of mine. She's turned out to be a terrific agility dog and does herding also. She has so many titles at this point that I can't even begin to remember them all.

This is one of the very few canine drawings I've done for myself and one of the even fewer that I've done of my own dogs or dogs I've bred. I think the grand total is like three. Four if you count a plaque I did that went as a judges gift :)

Enjoy!

The Studio is Finished - Whoo Hoo!!!

After nearly three years my art studio is finally finished!!! I LOVE my studio! No more working out of my kitchen and dining room areas. No more gigantic drafting table in the dining area and I can actually use my island for kitchen stuff again!

Here's a couple of pics of my little slice of Heaven.

Celestria Art Updates:

I just finished a Border Collie portrait of Margot McKereghan's girl Fanny. Fanny won the portrait as an award at a herding trial last year. Next up will be a Bearded Collie, then two more Border Collies and then an Aussie. After that I'm focusing on some fantasy work for awhile.








Celestria Dogs Updates:


I entered Loki in his first herding trial last Sunday and he got his first qualifying run for his PT (Pre-Trial Tested) title. He didn't get me run over or anything - life is good :) However, one of the three ewes that were set out for us was a big girl and she must have thought Loki was going to eat her because she kept crowding me and stepping on my feet. Loki kept us very entertained during the rest of the trial with his Pepe Le Pew flirting antics every time he saw a girl - the dog has major Boy Dog Brain. He's so funny about his flirting and he doesn't impress the girls in the least. I swear I saw several of them roll their eyes. Haven't we all felt that way at one time or another when dealing with the opposite sex (no offense to the men out there as I'm sure you've felt the same way once or twice :) ?


Nothing much going on with the other dogs - all happy and well. The sheep are all doing well and the lamb is almost as big as her grandma now. Oh, and we named the lamb Sheba-a! LOL!