Portrait Marathon: #19 – Mosa!

Mosaacrylic on canvas, 5 x 5© Xan Blackburn Aaaa-aand I’m DONE!  Pretty Mosa is the last painting in this winter’s Portrait Marathon, and what a smiley girl to wrap things up with!  Mosa has good reason to smile!  She was rescued from Ring Dog Rescue.  Need I say more?? Thanks to everyone that participated in …

FPM #9: Sammi is done!

Sammi – work in progress5″ x 5″ acrylic on canvas©Xan Blackburn 2012 Fall Portrait Marathon, Sammi  Sammi’s portrait wrapped up pretty quickly.   While I wait for it to dry enough to scan, I’ll show you this intermediate version.  Some of the “magic” white glazing has gone in, and is particularly visible on the tongue here. …

FPM #9: Sunny Sammi begins to pop

Sammi – work in progress5″ x 5″ acrylic on canvas©Xan Blackburn 2012 Fall Portrait Marathon, Sammi  Sammi’s portrait is zipping along now.  Even though he’s such a subtle guy (except for his exuberant personality, of course!), some truly deep darks are necessary to make his light face have dimension, to POP it out of the …

FPM #9: Sunny Sammi!

Sammi – work in progress5″ x 5″ acrylic on canvas©Xan Blackburn 2012 Sammi was a happy guy! According to his human, Sammi came to them as an 11.5 year old bounce, wobbly and with a “slight fecal incontinence”.  He was a sweet ol’ guy, but had no problem telling his humans he was in want …

Portrait Marathon update: Skye DONE!

Ah!  Done! Skye’s owner, Leslie, told me that Skye likes to really MOVE, treating the yard like a Nascar track.  Her (further) use of race car terminology tipped me that she’s a fan (I hope I got that right!)  The reference photo is a stark stare, eyeballs ready to pop out of her head, she’s …