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Longhaired Dachshund Calendar: June Final

 

 

Darby Calendar: June by Moira McLaughlin

I finished the June college of my Longhaired Dachshund calendar this morning.   I have lots to tell you about how it came together, but not today.

Wishing you all the best in 2012. 

Longhaired Dachshund Calendar: June Collage Prep

 

This is from October 2011 when I started the June collage for my Longhaired Dachshund calendar.  I can't remember why I did this in the kitchen and not the studio.  I know I wanted to lay out the materials I would use and work on the color palette before I started.  As you can see, I had forgotten to place Darby's pillow in his spot by the French doors.  He is waiting there for me to do so.  

Longhaired Dachshund Calendar: June

 

I drew this sketch last January when I decided to make the Darby calendar.  I started working on it two months ago, combining it with this sketch...

 

 

I've been looking a lot at this print...

 

New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Oji by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

And this one...

 

Fireworks Over Ryogoku Bridge by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

I'm incorporating the stars from the above print.  And today dog artist and author Kim Niles of KiniArt sent me this quote:

"Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in the heavens, where the love of our lost ones shines down to let us know they are with us." --  author unknown.

I still start my day with tears.  I still appreciate hearing that it will get better, but I miss him so much.  It's hard to believe.