Second painting is Toni, also a greyhound.  A gorgeous dark brindle girl her owner describes as “a pistol”!  This is the reference picture I’ll be using.<\/p>\n

Her owner also says orange is her favorite color (Toni’s, that is).  I’m waiting to hear back if I should use it prominently in the portrait.  Since it’s also MY favorite color … I may go for it anyway! <\/p>\n

Hm.  Hailey is still sticky.  I’m going to work on the sketch for Toni’s portrait.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hailey-work in progressacrylic on canvas, 5″ x 5″\u00a9Xan Blackburn 2011 Fall Portrait Marathon, first painting. Hailey is up first.  You saw my digital sketch in my last post.  I decided to bring some of that feel to the canvas.  Hope this works!  I used a retarder (an additive to slow down the drying time of …

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