From sketch to easel….Nuchi Finding just the right background took some trial and error. I tried a light background at first, but it just left the little prince here looking a little flat. Decided I needed a rich, deep color to balance out all the light tones in his fur. Went with Burnt Umber, mixing…
I’m getting started on another pet portrait. This is the very handsome Nuchi! Would you just look at that face! and yes there is an attitude there…..you can see that can’t you? He was very calm during the whole photo shoot. He really could have cared less and didn’t really understand what all the fuss…
The past week has been very busy indeed. My son and my daughter (in-law) just purchased their very first home. They had been renting our ‘stick and brick’ home. So we spent the past week helping them paint and ready the new home for their move in over the past weekend. Now that they are…
Here is another look at Pip and one more….. Yuppers….I’m getting close to the finish line with this little guy. I’ve spent quite a bit of time on that little face, trying to capture every little nuance. I still have work to do, but things are coming together nicely I think! I just love all…
Here is the latest Pip installment…. I’m fairly satisfied with the background area. I don’t go into a lot of detail….because little Pip is the ‘star’ of the show! At this stage I’m simply looking for the ‘shapes’ of color and the direction of the hair growth and texture (such as the pebble texture on…
You remember my introduction to Miss Megabyte and the promise to tell her story? Well….here it is Miss Megabyte was a stray….a very young stray…who happened to find herself wondering an RV park in Texas. One of our RV friends was staying in this particular park for the winter. He loved to go outside in…
Things have been busy here in Indiana, but I have been back at my easel…….. The photo on the left is the reference photo for the painting on the right. I am going to replace ‘the arm’ you see there with a pillow. Not that I have anything against ‘the arm’…LOL….but I want the focus…
I’m a little behind in my travel posting….I totally forgot the photos for Tucumcari, New Mexico. It is an interesting little town on the Historic Route 66. Sadly…it has seen better times, but there is such great potential here. A one time resident,Doug Quarles, painted these murals. There are many more then I captured here……..
I have another pet portrait on my easel….I like to introduce you to “PiP… Just look at those eyes……such a sweet face and I hear he is quite the character who love, love, loves his “Papa”! This is just a quick thumb nail sketch of the portrait I’ll be starting soon. Just started laying in…
The last few days have been full of fun and sun! Jerome is a neat little town way up on the side of a mountain. It was quite the twisty, turny road, but once we arrived…. Such an interesting place….full of fabulous little shops and artist studios and great restaurants. Just a wee bit up…