A finished study for a commision of a basset in a chair in my "animals in chairs" series/style.

The fuller image.

I don't take many commissions, but sometimes someone will be persistent and when they say they want it like my series I have done (and enjoyed doing) and really the interpretation is up to me, I'll take it. The only brief was a Basset Hound. I love Bassets!

In my Animals in Chairs series I always tried to have something happening in it, albeit in a static way. Maybe a wallpaper hinted at the animals origin whilst his chair belied his farm life with an urban chic of an Eames chair as I did in my Pig version.

Or sometimes demonstrating the larger than life personality of the Dog over his surroundings as I did with the Frenchie atop two doll house chairs, surveying his world.

So, with this one I wanted a little tongue and cheek with a cup of tea/coffee and a book. Have we just disrupted the fellow from his afternoon read and cuppa? Or are you, the viewer, the lucky owner of this bright eyed fellow, about to indulge in reading, sipping, and all kinds of puppy snuggling?

I've always loved animals and felt an affinity with them from an early age, so I do focus on them in my work often or at least make then secondary players.

Here is the more finalized sketch with various lines removed and ready for watercolours.

Here is a gif of a quick buildup

I love doing studies of pieces but have also learned to accept them as finished pieces. I consider this a 'done' piece, even though I will most likely do it 'again' in digital oil/oil pastel.

I hope you have a lovely day and get a chance to appreciate an animal and a chair even if just virtually.
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