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!”
I realized today that I never did give you the whole picture of this portrait from last November. I gave lots of teasers over several posts because it was meant to be a surprise present, so I couldn’t give it away. Well, the present was given and received, so I’m free to share it with … Read More “Remember that “Mystery Portrait”?”
Kasey – work in progressacrylic on canvas, 5″ x 5″© Xan Blackburn, 2011 Fall Portrait Marathon, Painting #6: Kasey The Holiday Hiatus, if I may so name it retroactively, has passed, and work has resumed. Kasey, whom we last saw smiling brightly as you see him on the right, has moved through the last few stages … Read More “FPM: Kasey is DONE!”
Fall Portrait Marathon, Painting #6: Kasey Kasey – work in progressacrylic on canvas, 5″ x 5″© Xan Blackburn, 2011 Tightened up some of the darks, corrected a little around the nose-ball, and did some more of the subtle shading on his neck and the shadowed side of his face. Then I dove in with some … Read More “FPM Painting #6: Kasey, color-y!”
Fall Portrait Marathon, Painting #6: Kasey Okay, “Fall Portrait Marathon” has been turning into “Winter Portrait Marathon”, but why confuse things by changing the name officially, hm? My latest big adventure has taken up a lot of my time recently, but hopefully things are more in a groove now. I got back to my painting … Read More “FPM Painting #6: Kasey”
Faye Oops portrait catching some side-light© Xan Blackburn 2011 Fall Portrait Marathon, Painting #5: Faye Oops Faye Oops left her family broken-hearted last week. While her passing was gentle, with her loved ones present, it is never easy to lose the ones we love. Even though so much of my work is to give a … Read More “FPM: Faye Oops Portrait Completed!”
Fall Portrait Marathon, Painting #5: Faye Oops Okay, not exactly “legal” to take a break during a marathon, but, there was Thanksgiving, and I had a sick dog (now much better, and bugging me to play with him), and then there was a lot of communications going on about some rescue dogs coming from Seoul, … Read More “FPM Painting #5: Faye Oops!”
SpencerAcrylic on canvas, 5″ x 5″© Xan Blackburn 2011 Fall Portrait Marathon, Painting #4: SpencerI finished Spencer’s portrait the evening before Thanksgiving, but, well, you know, I got busy and didn’t post about it right away. But, hey, you were busy too, right? Sleepy boy Spencer evolved from looking like a blonde guy with lipstick to … Read More “FPM Painting #4: Spencer is Done!”
