There's a particular kind of attention a dachshund gives you — head tilted back, eyes wide, ears caught mid-swing — like the whole world is happening two feet in front of her nose and she needs to know exactly what it is. That's the moment I wanted to catch with Ruby. Ruby, Watercolor on Strathmore #500 Series I painted her from above, looking down into that upturned face, which meant working with some serious foreshortening — her body stretching back and up into the frame, f