I am very much a detail oriented painter and typically spend a few days on a painting, however, I am taking a class, and the first assignment was to paint something and share your inspiration – but it had to be done in an hour! This was a challenge for me to paint quickly and loosely, but turns out I enjoyed the process a lot and I’m quite happy with how she turned out! The inspiration for this painting was from a girls beach weekend I went on in January and Chula was invited to join us. She thinks she’s one of the girls. I took this photo of Chula on one of our cool morning beach walks. I love the beach in the winter when dogs are allowed to roam and you can just see the happiness in her little face and the breeze blowing through her tail.
Progress Pics of the Portrait
Original beach photo: 
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