More Yellow Lab, Calvin

Calvin 18x24 inches, acrylic on canvas, work in progress

I have been working a bit on Calvin as you can see. I made the background behind his head darker. It was too light for the wispy fur bits to show well before. I still need to do a lot of work on his feet and his face. He looks a little grumpy yet. The photos I have do not show his feet very well so have had a hard time with them. And if you have a yellow lab, are their toenails black? I'm thinking they are, just want to confirm before I paint them in.

In more news I had mud and water in the back porch and kitchen on July 4th. Got 1.4 inches of rain in less than an hour. So a lot of time mucking things out and also clearing the drainage ditch on the hill above my house. If I'd been keeping up with it then the water probably wouldn't have made it into the house. Still it wasn't as bad as it could have been and I've heeded the lesson; new note on each month's calender to check the ditch! "A stitch in time..." you know!