self-teaching newbie

slfields

Hello you all. I have been farting around with drawing & painting for a couple of years now. Finally decided to retire from teaching history (Covid-19 was the final straw) so now am painting with increased focus and some discipline. Oil painting is my thing, it seems. I'm all over the internet for guidance but DMP really hooked me. Here is the first painting that I actually hung on a wall. slfields

tassieguy

Hi, @slfields. Welcome to the forum.

That's a cute dog. His/her eyes are amazing. Interesting composition and well painted, too. 

oilpainter1950

My first response was a smile.  Very nice painting.  Welcome to the forum.

Richard_P

What a great painting! Love the dog

ArtGal

Hi and welcome, lovely painting

ebaytoad

Love your painting....are you saying your dogs are barking...LOL...nice work...

slfields

Thanks to you all for the warm welcome. The painting is titled "Rachel & Roxy" (Roxy is the rat terrier puppy, Rachel owns the legs). I have been reading lots of the posts on the forum; I know this is going to be very helpful to me. Learning from the internet has been great but the downside is not having feedback or even being able to ask for advice so I'm happy to find the forum.

MichaelD

Hello and welcome @slfields.

Thats a mighty fine result for farting around.