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Darby Calendar: August

Butterfly Darby by Moira McLaughlin, 2012 For August's image of my Longhaired Dachshund Calendar tribute to Darby I wanted to experiment with: 1.) a limited palette 2.) drawing 3.) my Darby stamp from Lush Prints Here's ...

Danger Dog Darby from Nepal

Pinky, Lulu, Scottie, and Darby by Jit GurungI laughed so hard when Michelle Page sent me this link to Darby's Danger Dog sign by Jit Gurung from Nepal. I absolutely love it and think it will be the perfect security system for my new ...

Darby and Hedgie

Darby and his best friend Hedgie asleep on my old cashmere sweater. October 6, 2010. Have a great weekend.

Darby Update

My Longhaired Dachshund Darby is doing great one week after he had his kidney removed. He's eating, sleeping and attempting to take long walks -- which he's not allowed to do. And his tail's wagging at full mast. Thanks again for al...

Darby and the Irises

Darby is hanging out in the garden contemplating Van Gogh's Irises. I am working away getting the Mutt Lynch - Dog Art Today Wine Label Contest ready. Voting begins May 19, 2010. Stay tuned. Irises by Vincent Va...

Sketching Solutions and a Quickfire Challenge

I received so much insightful feedback from many of you artists about my ongoing Darby calendar project. Superheidi of The Swing of Things was especially helpful when she advised "Just keep going on creating, don't evaluate jus...

Happy Birthday Dog Art Today! Leave a Comment & Win a Free T-shirt!

Via Catherine Johnson, Author, Dogs published by Phaidon I started this blog as an experiment, a vague challenge to myself to see if I could do it. And 307 posts, dozens of new friends, hundreds of artworks and dogs later, I...

Still Life: Basil Bouquet and Dachshund

"Darby and Basil Bouquet," Moira McLaughlin, Dog Bar 9.16.09 I picked up my farm share from Four Frog Farm today. I was pleased with the tomatoes, potatoes, corn, peppers, melon, and garlic in the box, but Maggie told me to wai...

New Studio

While setting up my new studio, I attempted to channel Vera Newumman. Darby was a good sport. Now I have to get to work. I feel rusty. But excited to start making art again. Stay tuned. Vera Neumann via The Lo...

Happy Birthday, Darby!

Hollywood Darby Two years ago, Darby was diagnosed with cancer and had his kidney removed. The doctors said the surgery might give him another year. When I came to pick him up after a week of post-op, he scampered out to gr...