watercolor pet portrait: syd

Syd is a 10 year old Border Collie/Australian Shepherd mix and her mom, Jill had this portrait done as a Christmas gift for Jill's husband/Syd's dad.

I am so pleased with how this portrait turned out, and I say that keeping in mind that Syd's multi-colored fur was challenging to paint - I had to take great concentration to capture that depth.