The canvas on my wall ...another whippet by phil_howcroft

The canvas on my wall ...another whippet

This is where I tend to sit when I do my 365. Multi tasking (watching TV, doing my 365 and keeping an eye on Ruby). Yes men can mulitask....only sometimes I may add.

Ruby sits to my right and keeps tabs on my browsing (oooh erre a firefox browser pun there !!!)

Anyway I'm not only watched by Ruby, but I'm also watched by Lucy !!! The B/W canvas on the wall is an image of our first whippet. Lucy was also a rescue dog , she was also a black and white dog. We got her in 1995 from the RSPCA (approx 3 years old) and she was a big part of our family life until 2008.

The shot on the wall is from 2004 (she was quite grey by then). The canvas is from an image that was shot on my first DSLR an 6 megapixel Canon 300D. The detail in the canvas is incredible for a jpeg file of approx 3 megapixels.

I suppose I should have posted a selfie with my laptop, remote control for the TV and Ruby ...maybe another day for that !

Anyway a slightly different 365 for you all

That photo of Lucy looks stunning on your wall with your sofa underneath! It really is a great shot ,you must be proud of that !! She will be keeping an eye on Ruby to see if she is behaving herself !
July 3rd, 2011  
What a darling! Great shot and so lovely that you have her there to remember and enjoy. Nick refuses to have the dead ones pictures up whereas I am very keen to remember them and look at them every day. I have their ashes in caskets on the top of the gas fire (sounds really naff but I love that little area and the thought that some of them is still with me. I want to be scattered with them off a cliff in Cornwall and Nick if we can get someone to do it for us when we are all ashes to ashes, dust to dust) and their collars and some little post card sized pictures of them that he has stopped putting flat at last. I think I shall set about doing some huge watercolours of them to put up :-) Nick has had enough time to accept the inevitable...
July 3rd, 2011  
Beautiful shot! I love her smile. She will always be smiling down on you as you work on 365 or watch the telly.
July 3rd, 2011  
A lovely photo of a lovely photo .. and what a nice place to sit and surf! :o)
July 3rd, 2011  
This is lovely
July 4th, 2011  
Great shot that makes a wonderful piece of art and a nice memory of Lucy. I hope Ruby will be getting her portrait hung soon so she can gaze at her beauty too!!
July 4th, 2011  
haha great shot!
July 4th, 2011  
Aw Phil, Lucy looks adorable! How lovely to have her portrait on a canvas, looks really stunning. That's a great view you have when you 365, a tad tidier than my usual view. A lovely simple photo, the straight lines work well.
@whippeteer My partner has an opposite but equally strange point of view: he doesn't understand why i put up so many photos of holly and the children when we see them every day! I think he would only have photos of our past pets on the wall if I didnt keep putting the others up... lol.
July 4th, 2011  
This looks like a great home Phil. A wonderful photo to have of a loved pet. I had a rescue dog...57 varieties!!....she died in '96 but i still have her picture around. I like the composition of this....did you have to have a tidy up before taking the photo?? :-)
July 4th, 2011  
I thought this would get @whippeteer excited! It's a lovely canvas and co-ordinates very well with your furniture - tell me you didn't decorate your house to match your whippets?! Lovely composition though - there's something very pleasing about the cushions.
July 4th, 2011  
Phil, I love this shot and I REALLY love the picture of Lucy. It sounds like she was a huge part of your life and I'm sure you miss her.
July 4th, 2011  
@happypat thanks Pat, the canvas is always popular when people see it for the first time
July 4th, 2011  
@guifam thanks Brenda, she was a lovely dog :)
July 4th, 2011  
@judithg ha ha Judith, I think you know how passionate Frances @whippeteer is when it comes to little whippets :) They are rather nice dogs though.

ahemmm, we did decorate the lounge after the canvas went up !!! Cushions from dunhelm mill (I think)
July 4th, 2011  
@Cherrill thanks cherrill, the lounge is always tidy, so no tidying up pre shoot !!!! If you want to see an untidy room, there's only one in the house....that is the 'computer room' i.e our little bedroom that doubles as an office !!!
July 4th, 2011  
@tashy thanks Tashy, I never really did that many shots of Lucy, I suppose I thought she would always be there :(
July 4th, 2011  
@marinda Marinada many thanks for your kind commenrts
July 4th, 2011  
@seattle thanks Constance, your words are very kind. Do you ever mount / print your images, I bet you could have a great gallery in your home :)
July 4th, 2011  
@kerristephens cheers kerri, we love the canvas
July 4th, 2011  
@sarahhorsfall ha ha Sarah, thanks for the comments, I'm replying to you from the very same location (complete with Ruby snuggling up to me)
July 4th, 2011  
@joi aww joi thanks for your very kind words...she does look like she is smiling
July 4th, 2011  
@whippeteer thanks Frances..watercolours of your whippets......does that mean you paint with brushes and paint with your iphone too :) Glad you like lucy (I sometimes call Ruby, Lucy !!!)
July 4th, 2011  
I love this shot Phil - a real look into your life!! and Lucy looks like a darling dog! great shot BTW - always amazing to have something of your own blown up on the wall!
July 4th, 2011  
@tashy Oh we couldn't have any differences there - we have no children!
July 5th, 2011  
@judithg Lol it sure did!
July 5th, 2011  
@phil_howcroft Oh I am a dab hand at traditional watercolours, either from photos or life but I rarely make the time to do them. I would be happy doing pet/people portraits for a living but I am not brave enough to give it a go, plus it is hard to make enough to survive on. My preferred painting tools are natural bristle brushes, fox and sable are my faves tho I feel bad about the animals I don't think they live to tell the tale except through the artwork they are used to create. I will post one I did of Nick one day when I need an easy capture. Hey did you see there was a progamme tonight about Michael Caine? I never did take the blue plaque which is a cockstride away from my flat - it would have been an even weirder coincidence if I had posted it today - another shot to have up my 365 sleeve
July 5th, 2011  
Multi-tasking? I am impressed! Awaiting proof in the form of that selfie with laptop, remote control and Ruby. And what a gorgeous pic of Lucy!
July 5th, 2011  
Dogs are lucky to find you and your partner- Lucy looks gorgeous and it's a lovely portrait of her
July 5th, 2011  
@cath thanks Catherine, I will try to post a selfie with laptop, remote and Ruby...lol...I will have to look my 'best' though surrounded by ruby and lucy :). Thanks for your support :)
July 6th, 2011  
@whippeteer Frances, thanks for the reply and I look forward to seeing a watercolour in your 365 !
July 6th, 2011  
I have been away and, although I have been looking at pictures, did not have time to comment. I really like the colors of the photo harmonizing with your couch and pillows. What a lovely tribute to a good friend.
July 9th, 2011  
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