We still have time to do this, so we’re going for it! Berger Picard “Daddy”Work in progressAcrylic on panel 8″ x 10″© Xan Blackburn 2012 MONDAY, Nov. 26 – Mon., Dec 17 Just in time for holiday gifting, I’m taking three weeks after Thanksgiving to do a portrait marathon! As always, it will be first-come, first-served, … Read More “Pre-Holiday Pet Portrait MARATHON”
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”
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. … Read More “FPM #9: Sammi is done!”
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 … Read More “FPM #9: Sunny Sammi begins to pop”
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 … Read More “FPM #9: Sunny Sammi!”
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…”
