2014 calendar: presidential pets

For the past three years thien and i do a calendar together. First it was presidents, then first ladies. This year we present you with... first pets!

Our only rule was to use pets that we could find the actual name of. For instance james buchanan had a pair of bald eagles, which we would have loved to draw, but we couldn't find their names.

Persimmon painting

persimmons, gouache, 4x4 inches.

I am also including a small detail of it in the beginning stages.