This watercolor pencil painting features a pair of lovely Percheron draft mules which I was able to photograph while they were taking a break from giving buggy rides at the Clay County Fair in Spencer, Iowa.

I shot over two rolls of film on them but because they were feeling quite nappy I was hard pressed to find a couple of photos without one of them yawning or with its tongue stuck out. I imagine a hard working mule just needs to take a nap when she can get it.

This is one of my favorite paintings and one of the few originals that I am keeping for myself. The original painting was done using watercolor pencils on arches watercolor paper.