Puff10″ x 8″Acrylic on Claybord panel© Xan Blackburn Eponymous Puff looks quite … stern. Laura says he was a fearless guy, despite the fluffy fur and name, who taught many the greyhound just what cats are all about. Lived to a grand age of 19 1/2, too! Puff’s portrait was based on a photo … Read More “#5 in my Portrait Marathon: Puff the kitteh”
Cosmo5″ x 5″ acrylic on canvas©Xan Blackburn 2012 Fall Portrait Marathon, Cosmo Done. Cosmo’s portrait, and the Fall Portrait Marathon of 2011, both done. Cosmo’s portrait was based on a black and white photo, which has such power on its own that, given the option, I decided to stick with a monochromatic approach. I … Read More “FPM Finale: Cosmo is Complete!”
Cosmo – work in progress #55″ x 5″ acrylic on canvas©Xan Blackburn 2012 Cosmo – work in progress #65″ x 5″ acrylic on canvas©Xan Blackburn 2012 Fall Portrait Marathon, Cosmo I managed to resurrect one of my tinier brushes, which sure helped with the little hair details. I’ve been working on building up that fur texture, … Read More “FPM #10: Cosmo, still black and white”
Cosmo – work in progress5″ x 5″ acrylic on canvas©Xan Blackburn 2012 Fall Portrait Marathon, Cosmo One more little update for today. You know what? It’s not as easy to “draw” with acrylic as it is to draw with a pencil, say. Anyway, it’s coming along! We’ll call this stage 2a. Have a nice Friday … Read More “FPM #10: Cosmo, leeeetle update”
Fall Portrait Marathon, Cosmo I’m going to try to remember to take more scans along the way for Cosmo’s portrait, and write a bit about each stage as I go. Cosmo – work in progress5″ x 5″ acrylic on canvas©Xan Blackburn 2012 So, with the washy start from our last look as a starting place, most … Read More “FPM #10: Cosmo progresses”
Cosmoall rights reserved Fall Portrait Marathon, Cosmo Cosmo the cat chose his family by befriending every person, dog and cat in the house, and then just walking in the door for good one winter day. A sweet and congenial guy, his people are still missing his gentle presence since his passing 3 years ago. We … Read More “FPM #10: Cosmo kitty”
Fall Portrait Marathon, Emmet! EmmetAcrylic on canvas, 5″ x 5″©Xan Blackburn 2012 Well, I almost never totally leave a painting alone even after I’ve told you it’s done, but we’re at that stage with Emmet now. I’ve grown very fond of his little wrinkled brow and arrow-shaped face, but we’ll be saying farewell soon.…Case in … Read More “FPM #8: Emmet is done. Probably…”
Emmet – work in progressAcrylic on canvas, 5″ x 5″©Xan Blackburn 2012 Fall Portrait Marathon, Emmet!Emmet is really coming along nicely. He got another wash of diluted red, which doesn’t look so weird now, but seemed very sun-burn-ish when I first looked at it. Lots of layering of shading and color has gone on. See … Read More “FPM #8: Emmet stage 3”
Fall Portrait Marathon, Emmet! Emmet – work in progressAcrylic on canvas, 5″ x 5″©Xan Blackburn 2012 Little Emmet still seems to be scowling, but that will be resolved right at the end. In looking at the painting this morning, it was clear to me that the underpainting was really not done. The darks were nowhere near … Read More “FPM #8: Emmet gets some color”
Emmet sharing the love Fall Portrait Marathon, Emmet! My dear friend Merann is a woman who looo-oooves her pets! She has 3 greyhounds as well as a bunch (how many is it now?) of cats. Her Cornish Rex, Emmet, is a special guy. He had his claws removed in a previous home, and suffered great … Read More “FPM #8: Emmet the nekkid Cornish Rex”
