Woman in Blue Bonnet with Dog, 19th Century Folk Watercolor antique puzzle box and I love how they

and I love how they are now curled a bit to follow the silhouette of the body

and paint or marker highlighting nostrils and mouth

so now it is just a cutout

especially the larger sized ones as this is

plus blue cloth/ ribbon down the center covering the interior binding

Woman in Blue Bonnet with Dog, 19th Century Folk Watercolor antique puzzle box and I love how theyThe latest in the ongoing series of folk art depictions of women and their dogs that I've had in the shop, my very favorite subject. There is a seascape sketched out in pencil in this one (one can just make out a ship, more of a coast line, and a shining sun), but never finished, leaving the woman and her charming, eager dog a bit unsituated. I rather like how the blue green mass at left arches over them like a giant wave though, or a protective