The Mother Ranch Blog

Watercolor, 9x12

For my brother's birthday this year, I painted his cat Zippy! She is a long haired, grey tabby but we've always seen hints of olive green, rust, and caramel in her fur, so...

I alwa...

I love my little Nigerian Dwarf goats but the long silky ears of the Nubians have been calling to me—so I painted 3!  You can get prints and originals here.

Love to all from the Mother Ranch,

Watercolor, 8x10, "Sweet", original and prints available

Our little mini donkey was begging to be painted, "What about me! Hey, look down here!" ;-) Haha, as if anyone would ignore him! He's well lov...

Watercolor, 9x12, available

This painting is from a photo I recently took of Denali's daughters, sisters Sprinkles and Marbles playing on stumps in the goat yard. I always thought the King of the Mou...

Watercolor, 9x12, sold

Ike the Border Collie came to me as a retired working dog. We had been dogsitting for a friend and my son fell in love with him, easy to do with Ike. We asked our friend if she...

Watercolor, 8x10 (sold)

I'm not sure I will ever get enough of these baby goat portraits! The brightness fits their colorful personalities. This is Nettle. She was a 2019 baby at the Mother Ranch. Sh...

Today's watercolor sketch prompt is, "keepsake." "It's a sketch! Say it out loud and stop beating yourself up about it!" This is my internal monologue. These plain brown disks bring back bright and ...

Watercolor, 6x9

I've joined a facebook group called World Watercolor Group and they have a daily prompt for a watercolor sketch. It's a great way to get out of the grip of perfectionism. A sketch is ...

Watercolor, 9x12, available

After all the animals, I decided to dive in. As a first portrait in watercolor, I'm pretty happy with the results. As always, I see the places I would do things differentl...

Watercolor, 7x12 (sold)

I was debating on what to paint next when Brad said, "Paint a piglet." Huh. Well that was weird, he doesn't usually have requests! We wandered Pinterest for a bit and he saw a...