Bailey the Golden Retriever

Portrait of Bailey, 8 x 10", carbon pencil, pastel pencils, watercolor and pastel on cotton rag paper.

This was a piece I did for a benefit auction. More precisely -- I put a gift certificate in the auction, good for one portrait drawing of the animal of the winning bidder's choice. Bailey's owner won the item and mailed me a few snapshots, and I chose this one, with the sunlight falling so nicely on his golden-cream coat.