What can I say? I was hungry! Anyway, I wanted to talk a bit about how Harry’s portrait evolved. I had a brave idea last night as I was going to sleep, to push the warm, even red, into Harry, while keeping the background all in blues. Red is scary. It’s a very powerful color. … Read More “Harry’s development, which I forgot to post about!”
Nancy’s Harry, staring with full attention out over the waters. This was his first time at Dewey, as a fairly recent adoption. His world was still revealing new things to him at every moment, at every turn, on every walk. I’m always amazed at how well greyhounds hold up at Dewey (Greyhounds Reach the Beach … Read More “Portrait Marathon update: Harry DONE”
Nancy’s Harry, a handsome black greyhound with a roman nose and toothy underbite, is up next. We had some trouble to come up with a good reference photo, but she just sent me a wonderful one of him at Dewey Beach, DE, looking out over the waves. I think I can make that work, so … Read More “Portrait Marathon: Who’s next?”
Whew!! Phoenix is finished, and I’m quite pleased with how he turned out. I’m impatiently waiting for it to dry enough so I can scan it to show you. *drumming fingers**checking dryness, checking time, adding 3 hours for the east coast**drumming fingers some more**checking dryness, huffing in frustration, and going to get a beer**squinting at … Read More “Portrait Marathon update: Phoenix is Done!”
Before I get on with it, I just wanted to let you know that the finished portraits have their own gallery page on my website. Okey dokey. When we last met, Phoenix was in a lovely, watery blue period. The scary part is then doing something that might wreck it, or at least send it … Read More “portrait Marathon update: Phoenix progress – The Scary Phase”
I had to salvage a website that went down in flames today, which set me back. But Phoenix rises from the ashes! All cool blues (for the moment). Looks like Delft, don’t you think? I really almost hate to go past this point, it’s so pretty. But, the final product should be worth it. Maybe … Read More “portrait Marathon update: Phoenix progress – The Blue Phase”
Some folks have expressed interest in the progress pictures, which I didn’t post for Quilty. So, we’ll go backwards in time here to get a look at how she ended up done. Here’s the reference photo: I have to start these by cropping the photo down to fill as much of the canvas as I … Read More “Portrait Marathon update: Quilty progress (going backwards in time)”
Oh my goodness! This one is a challenge! A stripy dog lying in stripy sunlight. *sigh* I always say I should charge twice for brindles! (But I don’t!)Look at this lovely photo: Here’s my sketch to work out an even more dramatic lighting (going back to my comic book coloring roots, here!) And here’s where … Read More “Portrait Marathon Update: Celeste”
Oh, I like this one! So soft and silky-looking. Here’s Show, all sleepy and comfy. What do you think? Want to just curl up with him (I do!) That came out very small and fuzzy. Hm! Well, here’s a little detail of the eye area, just ’cause. On to the next portrait: Laura’s Celeste.
Yesterday was all about organizing sign-ups, collecting pictures, responding to questions, and prepping canvasses. This morning, I got down to the fun business of actually painting. Cara-Lea’s Show is first up. He’s in the Blue Phase right now. That’s where I do an underpainting in shades of blue, that looks kind of like a black-and-white … Read More “Portrait Marathon: Updates”
