Daily art journal

I have been keeping a daily art journal since early November 2015.  I like doing this for many reasons, one of which is that now the little sketches and random thoughts that I used to have on bits of paper are not misplaced or lost or in a few instances, nibbled on by my dog.

For the Draw section of my art journal I usually mix sketching with doodling and, recently, a lot of pattern-making. 

But for today I want to share this sketch of a little dog:

Graphite

Little dog in action

Warm up sketch this morning of a favorite subject - dogs :-)

Ball point pen

Remembering my girl

I must have been thinking about the first dog my husband and I chose when I sketched this:

We took about three years(!) to decide that it was time for us to add a puppy to make us a trio. Her name was Mistie and she was a West Highland white terrier. Her favorite activity was to run a kickball size plastic ball around the back yard, nestling the ball between her shoulder and the side of her face. I loved that girl.