Portrait Marathon: Hubble is DONE

Yeay! This little guy was a blast to paint.  What a fun, funny, sincere, whimsical, adoring and adorable guy!  Hubble and his human, Faith, were obviously lucky to have found each other. (For those of you just joining us, I’m in the midst of my Spring Portrait Marathon, explained here.) This is the phase I …

Portrait Marathon: Hubble has growing pains!

Heya all.  Sorry for the delay.  I had to fiddle some more with a recent project, run some errands, do some accounting and finish my taxes yesterday. Here’s where Hubble got to at some point yesterday afternoon.  I did get some more work done on the portrait, but I’m going to wait a little longer …

Portrait Marathon: Hubble begins

Hubble is starting to look back at me, here.  Actually, he appears to be staring rather hard with his right eye (on our left)!  That will have to be adjusted. I started this one a little differently. I laid down some color washes first; the background (and sides of the deep canvas), and the lilac …

Portrait Marathon: Hubble

Lookit this little guy!!  What a cutie, huh? Hubble, I’m told, was always a gentleman, a true velcro dog, and the very apple of his human mom’s eye.  He came to his final family with “age unknown”, zipped to their hearts, and stayed there, even after his passing a couple years later.  I hope I …