A pen and ink drawing of a Labrador Retriever isn’t a typical post for someone who lives with a bunch of Golden Retrievers. I did this picture as part of a fundraiser for our local retriever club. A raffle prize of a pen and ink of the winner’s dog.
It seems appropriate to post the picture of the lab in honor of our guests. We are taking care of three rowdy Labrador retrievers for the next two weeks. They came in black, yellow and chocolate. We mixed them with gold for a multi-color canine color palette.
Mixing the colors.
I have noticed that these colors blend well together. However, they do run a lot, and drool too. I think I’ll call this color palette “Retrievers.”
The race is on!
The golden streak!
I took these pictures in the low, early morning light. They aren’t very sharp, but I think the action makes up for it.
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LOL! Now that is a handful! Awesome pics of “all” the colors! Hope everyone behaved.
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They all get along swimmingly!
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Love the action shots. Looks like they’re having a blast together.
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They have acres of room to run and ponds to swim in. It’s like camp retriever!
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Love the labs. Great job capturing them with the camera and ink.
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Thanks, do you have labs at home?
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I have a mellow yellow named Duzer after the Van Duzen river and my sisters have a crazy chocolate called Cloey. My boyfriend also has a yellow, Kimber, after the rifle. Our family has had several labs, I would love a Lathrop lab pup if they have more puppies someday or maybe a golden retriever. My dog is one of the things I miss most about being away from home, so it was a nice surprise to see your lab drawing.
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I’m glad you enjoyed the picture. Our guest labs are comical bunch. They fit right in with our goldens.
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They are going to be so spoiled…what a houseful!
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Houseful is right!
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beautiful drawing!
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Thank you.
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Beautiful Drawing of a Special Black Girl in my Life! Where do I bid?
Tim you are amazing with the pen and ink! Tell ALL three, I’m missing them but having a good time! And it appears they are too!
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I hope you have an adult fruit smoothie for me!
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Excellent ink drawing, Tim! I enjoy your photos and comments about your Goldens and sounds like you have your hands full with taking on their friends, too.
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Thank you. Yes the rascals are keeping us hopping around here.
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beautiful ones!
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Thank you
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I’m glad the dog racing photos weren’t sharp. They looked great in pure blur action style.
Congratulations on a very good canine portrait. You indeed have patience.
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I agree the blur is pretty cool. Just a happy accident. I’m glad you like the portrait, and you are correct it takes a lot of pen strokes to draw a black dog.
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