Waiting for his master by JaneEden
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Thank you for your visit and many thanks for your support of my last pic, I truly appreciate it my friends. I hope you like this one.
The dog is a Border Collie and one of a few I am painting for a dog pack, I hope to upload to my store. I have been painting them for a few weeks now on and off, and still have a few to paint, it is a very exacting task and it takes me a long time. :o)I painted the lamb a while ago. The whole scene was painted using wacom intuos3 tablet and pen in CS4.
Story -
The snows came early to the Yorkshire hills and lambing had begun. The border collie had been hard at work all day helping his master herd the sheep with their lambs down to the lower pastures.
The border collie is one of the most hard working and intelligent of dogs and this particular dog knew there was still not all the flock there, so he went off on his own in pursuit of any stray lambs. The good dog found one little lamb who was keeping warm near a tree and under a blanket of snow. The dog knew he had to stay with the lamb until his master whistled him, and when he did the dog barked, and the farmer knew instinctively that was a bark of alarm, so he picked up his lamp and made his way through the snow toward the trusty loyal sheep dog.
There was a happy ending and the farmer's wife took the lamb into her farm kitchen to warm him near the range, and gave him a bottle feed, and of course the dog joined them too.
Aren't dogs the most amazing creatures?
Happy Christmas guys, keep safe, hugs Jane xx
background JaneEden'sWinterMagic - YURdigital
snow brushes - Rons Magical snow - DAZ3d
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Comments (111)
looking wonderful and merry Christmas
Nice work, the expression of dog is excellent!
rty good
Awww, such a cute painting. I appreciate all your comments and support on my artwork as well and hope you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! hugs*
Fantastic Jane! I had a border collie as a young boy! They are a fabulous breed!
Grand Border Collie!! They're the best and smartest dogs ever!!!!
Was für ein wunderschönes Bild!!!Ganz bezaubernd! :-)
How cute scene :))
What a beautiful scene and story. The details are amazing Jane. You have captured every expression in relation to the story.
So sweet and dear...hugs
wonderful!
excellent artwork,merry christmas
Oh, what a cute creation! The collie and the lamp looks so nice! I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Sometimes I envy you your talents. I knew what the canine was even before I read your words.
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww---so darn cute and lovley Happy Holidays Merry Christmas and all of that :smile
Fantastic !
So sweet ...
I love Border Collies! Beautiful story and scene!
Outstanding art work.
I was totally won over by border collies when I was watching a show where they had to perform tasks. When they were finished they would go to their handler and put there heads against them and look up at them. It was so cute and endearing. Then I saw them herding sheep and running agility trials and was captivated by their speed and concentration. They are such lovely dogs and so alert and intelligent. This is such a beautiful image and sweet story! The border collie is gorgeous with a wonderful expression and lovely fur. Superb snowy scene and cute little lamb. Absolutely beautiful!
This is a wonderful pose for a curious Border Collie. I enjoyed you narrative too!