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Crocodile Tears

Crocodile Tears

Don’t despair, it’s hard to potty train. You’ll get the hang of it little buddy, now wipe away the big crocodile tears.

detail of crocodile tear (don't hurt yourself grinning)

Oops, maybe next time he’ll remember to go on the paper.
The pup sits head bowed with a crocodile tear rolling down his slick black face. In the back is a washed out newspaper comic strip often used to help in puppy training. Can you resist this sad puppy face? Don’t you just want to pooch out your lower lip, scoop him up and pat his little head?

Why is the tagged experimental design? The background is one I’ve never done before. I wanted to try something new so I scanned an old newspaper and filled it into the steps that the puppy was originally sitting on. I kinda like how it looks.

Title: Crocodile Tears
Technique: Watercolor over chalk
Primary Colors: black, white, pumpkin orange, green
Accents: Comic strip
Primary subject: Labrador Retriever, puppy, tears,
Secondary subject: comics, newspaper,
Art by: F. Magdalene

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Kitten’s Rainbow Ascent

Kitten's Rainbow Ascent

No Longer A Stray

One day she’ll be more than just a stray,
She’ll hang the moon,
Swing from the rainbow
And play marbles with the stars and planets.
One day she’ll pounce and leap,
With a belly full of sweetness she’ll slumber and sleep
No boxes or concrete beneath her but in a bed of her own in a place she calls home.

 

Poem Title: No Longer A Stray (for the kitten on my doorstep)
Art Title: A Kitten’s Rainbow Ascent
Art by: F. Magdalene
Wednesday, July 25, 2007-5:01AM EST