Doodles & Water?

River Rat · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject:

Nah, you don't need it. Smile

Pastels and oils look very similar, unless you can get close enough to see the texture. That's why I like both and don't do well in acrylics or watercolor, although I've tried the latter.

Leslie

MaxandMe · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject:

HI RIVERRAT...sorry took me so long to reply we've had numerous internet service problems and they replaced cables from the house to the telephone poles...YOUR place is goregous and much nicer than mine and beautiful gardens too

I think an invisible fence is a wise idea with the river so close.

We are always with Max and peanut outside and they won't go to the creek without us. I only mow paths so it's tall grasses and whatnot about 7ft or higher which seems to keep the doodles at bay. i am thinking of having both an electric underground fence and also a chain-link fenced off area as well.

So for us, doodles don't roam to the water alone...peanut has yet to go in the little scaredy cat hahhahaa
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River Rat · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:42 pm Post subject:

Like I said, we've been there 35 years, and have been tweaking it and adding things all that time. You too can do the same with that much time, if you're interested. We didn't travel or do a whole lot of things away from the place because we had sheep and goats and horses when our kids were young, so we could devote our energies to landscaping and gardening. It was pretty bare when we first moved in.

We have a lawn down to the river, but there's also a wild border of high marsh grasses right along the edge. It was never a problem raising two kids, two Irish setters, a husky, and a series of Danes here, so hopefully it won't be a problem with a doodle. We can always get an invisible fence if we need to, but I'll try without it first since I always have lots of other things I could do with any available cash. I'll tell the puppy about Max and Peanut and advise her to follow their lead...

Leslie

kim26 · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject:

Leslie - I just had to chime in and say how beautiful your property is and your portraits are just stunning! You are certainly a first class artist.

River Rat · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:59 am Post subject:

Thanks, Kim! Painting is a second career for me and I'm really having fun with it! Did you see my French series from our trip this past October? A lot of these are on back pages that can't be reached without having the link:

http://www.leslieficcaglia.org/labellefrance.htm

Leslie

gene · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:53 am Post subject:

So nice to have a very talented artist on our forum! Maybe some doodle portraits in the future?
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River Rat · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:15 am Post subject:

Gene, for some reason painting animals, even a beloved dog, doesn't appeal to me. I have a friend who raises Rhodesian Ridgebacks who's begged me to paint her dog, but I've always refused. The only time I do animals is when they're part of a portrait that also includes people. I have one painting of a girl holding a cat, for instance. Oh, well!

Leslie

gene · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:17 am Post subject:

Never hurts to ask I always say! Hope about a girl holding a dog in a cat costume? Wink

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River Rat · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:24 am Post subject:

Nice try, Gene.

I always tell clients that portraits should be classic, clothing timeless, and hair long rather than cut in a faddish style, especially for boys, since girls' hair is usually more easily done up in a way that won't date the picture. Of course, that's for formal portraits. I have a painting of my granddaughter in her "fairy" dress with a flowery diadem on her head, and I added wings because they seemed to belong. I can do lots freer things if it's not a commission.

So sure, if you had a kid in a cat costume and it was totally adorable and you wanted that as a painting, and the kid was grabbing a feline, I'd probably go for it and have fun doing it!

Leslie

gracielou · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:57 am Post subject:

I agree Gene nice try that was great!
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kim26 · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:16 am Post subject:

I looked at the link for your French portraits and all I can say is WOW! I love them and your style!

I frequent a bird watching forum and one the ladies on it lives in NJ and volunteers at Cape May and talks about Pat Sutton from time to time. So I was surprised when I saw her portrait on your site. Makes it seem like a small world. (I live in CA, btw.)

River Rat · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:33 am Post subject:

Oh, that's funny, Kim. What's the person's name - do you know? Maybe I know her. We live about thirty minutes from the Cape May Bird Observatory, and Pat and Clay are very dear friends of ours. The painting of them was one of my first portraits, but my very first was the one of Linda Dunne, who is Pete Dunne's wife. We've learned so much from Pat and Clay, but still it's a special treat going out with them. We went to an oyster and ham dinner a few weeks ago at a local fire company, and on the way back they picked out a snipe in a pond, which we would never have seen, and then we came upon a pair of woodcock busily searching for bugs by the side of the road. It's a whole different world when you're with people like that!

If you like birds, here's a painting of my granddaughter helping to release a red knot we had just banded:

http://www.leslieficcaglia.org/redknot.htm

Thanks for the comments on my French series. They're kind of different from my usual stuff and they were a lot of fun to do!

Leslie

kim26 · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:40 am Post subject:

Very nice portrait of your granddaughter. Did she really release the bird?

That's so interesting that you are close friends with Pat Sutton. I'm pretty sure I've heard the gal mention Pete Dunne also. Her name is Betty, but, I don't remember her last name. I think she lives about an hour from Cape May.

movistar · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:09 am Post subject:

actually poodles are the first recorded cold water water retrievers Smile

(just read that in a duck hunting magazine)

their foo foo clips are actually designed to protect their joints from the cold water while the shaved parts facilitate ease through brush.

My lab and my labradoodle can NOT stay away from water! My standard poodle runs around the pond looking to flush ducks but hardly ever goes in!

Here is a picture of a pup from a litter last year enjoying a romp through the Bitterroot River in Montana with her two lab siblings Smile

MaxandMe · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:10 am Post subject:

NOW that is a great shot!!!
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