Showing posts with label portraits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label portraits. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Done. almost.

So, I think I'm pretty much done with my latest commission.
I'm going to work on the woman's hand a bit more, but other than that I'm done.

Hooray!

I'm posting a picture of the couple so you can see what they look like.


The pug painting was a success! My client loved it and so did her husband. It's always a relief when you clients love your work.

In other news, I've listed some new prints over in my Etsy shop. The originals are going to be in a group show for the month of July at Gigantic Gallery in Portland. I'm really happy with how they came out. I feel like I was able to communicate my love for drawing and mark making in these pieces. I feel like I was also able to express my love of living in the Northwest.

In other, other, news, Nate and I have been seriously thinking about adopting another dog. We met up with Amy over at the Pixie Project this morning. She brought a little guy named Turkey over to meet Chloe. Unfortunately, Chloe tried to eat him and seemed generally uninterested in meeting him.

Needless to say, I was pretty dissapointed. I've been keeping my eye on Turkey for months, and would have really liked to adopt him.

Amy was super sweet and said she would help us find the perfect dog for us and for Chloe. I hope someone adopts Turkey soon. He is a sweet little guy and deserves a great, loving, home.

 Well, tomorrow is the 4th! Hope everyone has a super fun week :)

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Commissions

Whew! 6 hours of painting under my belt today!
It felt really great!

I started working on a pug commission today. Her name is Lucy. I was able to get all of what you see in the painting done in one hour! I'm getting fast. It's also a lot easier to paint the pug after fussing with the faces in the American Gothic painting for 4 and a half hours...

Hopefully the guy's face comes to me quickly. I feel like I'm almost there...

I just can't seem to get the brush and my brain to connect.

Hopefully I can get the faces resovled soon so I can move on to detailing the house and the lady's smock!