C is for Cardigan Welsh Corgi

The lesser popular of the Welsh Corgis (Pembroke being the other and the one that stole the hearts of English royalty) however arguably the hardier, the Cardigan Welsh Corgi sports a fox-like tail, larger rounded ears and a stronger instinct to herd!

Find a great little article HERE that goes a little more into the differences between the Pembroke and the Cardigian breeds...

B is for Basenji

The Basenji was originally a hunting dog from Africa.  Known as the "barkless dog", only when excited will he make a noise that sounds like a yodel!

In honor of National Pet Month, I'll be celebrating by posting a painting a day from my new Alphabet Dogs series!!
More than half of American households have a pet (about 62%) and we love our pets so much we often consider them family members.  For this series I focused on dogs--did you know that about 78.2 million dogs are owned in the U.S.?? My household happens to have one of those 78.2 million dogs and he is one of the roughly 21% of dogs adopted from a
shelter. 

So I begin with the letter A

A is for Australian Shepherd
Did you know that the Australian Shepherd isn't even from Australia?  It's thought that they were originally from the Pyrenees Mountains somewhere between Spain and France!

You can find some great websites with lots of info
on pets below!
The Humane Society
ASPCA
PetFinder

I've put together a new timelapse video of the process of painting a mini pet portrait!  To view the video in full please visit Bec Art Studio on Facebook here!

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day!!! I created a few new handmade items this year for heart day featuring cute kitties and they are now on sale at my etsy shop!!  Enjoy 25% off or more of various Valentine's items....some are shown below.

It's been a long time coming, but it is finally here!!  I hope you enjoy navigating the new site.