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An older couple paints a landscape at a wooden easel in a garden while a large shaggy grey dog lies resting at their feet. 19 / 21

Frank Brought the Brushes, Dolores Brought the Colors. Pepper Brought the Calm.

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A half-finished landscape glows on the canvas: a soft green field, a pale sky, a hint of trees. Frank holds a slender brush in each hand, adding careful strokes, while Dolores leans in beside him, dipping into the watercolor tray with the delighted focus of a fellow artist. Stretched out on the grass right below the easel lies Pepper, long grey body relaxed, chin on his paws, eyes open just enough to keep track of everyone. The garden around them is lush and a little wild, with a wooden fence, potted plants, and a folded blanket draped over a chair in the background.

Creative hobbies like painting can be wonderfully rewarding later in life, and having a calm dog nearby adds to the peace of the afternoon. If you paint with pets around, a little caution helps. Some art supplies, including certain oil paints, solvents, and turpentine-type thinners, can be harmful if a dog licks or chews them, and rinse water with pigment shouldn't become a drinking bowl. Water-based paints are generally a gentler choice for shared spaces, but brushes, tubes, and palettes are still best kept off the ground. A dog bed or blanket nearby gives a curious pup a comfortable reason to stay put.

Pepper doesn't appear in the painting yet. Given how faithfully he keeps the artists company, it would only be fair if a scruffy grey shape showed up in the next one.

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