{"id":239,"date":"2011-05-01T19:40:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T23:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/?p=239"},"modified":"2016-12-10T10:23:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T15:23:12","slug":"drawing-dog-portraits-for-the-american-cancer-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/archives\/239","title":{"rendered":"Drawing dog portraits for the American Cancer Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a blast today drawing portraits of these cute doggie participants at the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/main.acsevents.org\/site\/TR?pg=entry&amp;fr_id=34935\">Bark for Life<\/a>&#8221; fundraising walk for the American Cancer Society.\u00a0 When <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhermanson.com\/\">Bri Hermanson<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardnerillustration.com\/\">Stephen Gardner<\/a> invited me to participate in this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.societyillustrators.org\/\">Society of Illustrators<\/a> volunteer table, I couldn&#8217;t think of anything better than combining <em>dogs<\/em> and <em>drawing<\/em>!\u00a0 Together, we drew 38 dog portraits, raising $760 for the ACS.\u00a0 Here are some highlights of my new little friends&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/penny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-240\" title=\"penny\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/penny.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/penny.jpg 900w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/penny-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/val.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-241\" title=\"val\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/val.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/val.jpg 900w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/val-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-242\" title=\"dog2\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog2-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog2-689x1024.jpg 689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-243\" title=\"dog4\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog4-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-244\" title=\"dog3\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog3.jpg 720w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/freud2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-245\" title=\"freud2\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/freud2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/freud2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/freud2-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-246\" title=\"dog1\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dog1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pixie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-247\" title=\"pixie\" src=\"http:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pixie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pixie.jpg 720w, https:\/\/alisonstephen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pixie-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a blast today drawing portraits of these cute doggie participants at the &#8220;Bark for Life&#8221; fundraising walk for the American Cancer 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