Golden Retriever with Ghost Image by BarbBarcikKeith
19×24 watercolor enhanced colored pencil on bristol paper. Original available. As of 04-03-12, 737 views and 9 favorited.
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The Golden Retriever is a medium-sized breed of dog. They were historically developed as gundogs to retrieve shot waterfowl such as ducks and upland game birds during hunting and shooting parties. As such, they were bred to have a soft mouth to retrieve game undamaged and have an instinctive love of water. The golden retriever has a dense inner coat that provides it with adequate warmth. The outer coat is sleek and water repellent, and lies flat against the body. The official colour of the breed is the varying shades of gold that are most often seen.
The breed’s intelligence and versatility suit the dogs well for a variety of roles including guide dog for the blind, hearing dog for deaf people, hunting dog, illegal drug detector, and search and rescue participant. Because of their loyal and gentle temperament, golden retrievers are also popular family pets.
Golden Retrievers possess a friendly, eager-to-please demeanour, and are the fourth most popular family dog breeds (by registration) in the United States, the fifth most popular in Australia, and the eighth most popular in the United Kingdom (info from Wikipedia)
- Complete 11-23-2008 in 33.16 hours spread over 20 days
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Wonderful work Barbara. I really like the ghost effect, it bring the foreground image out even more. Excellent presentation.
saw this one in your Rb….lovely:>))
you do awesome work!
Luminous result, Barbara! Adore the subtlety of the ‘ghost’. His subdued colour works well against the brightness of the others – as does the expression balance out the ‘smily’ dogs.
Adorable work, as always.
Beautifully designed!, so well done! !
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You work is just so incredible, Barb! I heard you’re not well and just wanted to stop and wish you speedy recovery. God Bless! Marita
Stunning Barb!
I hope you feel better very soon, my prayers are with you!!