In December, a friend asked if I would do a painting for her—so she could gift it to her dad for the holidays. It was of their family dog, Buddy, who had recently passed. Here’s the final painting:

And here’s the picture I was sent to work from:

The hardest part for me was probably that the ears were cut off in the image, so I googled photos of the breed and imagined what they might look like.

I painted Buddy a year after my first commissioned piece, which just so happened to also be a dog—Frankie:

It’s funny that my first two paid pieces were dogs, because they were also the first two dog paintings I’d done!

Here are some other works I’ve created, and here are the watercolor portraits I’ve made to date.

Want me to paint (or make) something for you in February? A watercolor portrait, a pet painting, a personalized pocket poetry book, a handwritten newsletter/graphic? Something else? I’m open for a few projects next month!

Email me at rebeccarosethering [at] gmail [dot] com to get in touch.