Pastel 8"x10"
An adorable fluff ball with wistful eyes - friend to Rocky (see Jan 22) and greatly loved by Lauren. Hope this keeps the good memories alive.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
OH DEAR!
"The Nestling" flew out the door a day early!
Thus latest email advice
contained two days worth of portraits.
SOOOO, for those on email, nothing but this arrives Wednesday am; next portrait post Thursday.
Obfuscation
Monday's work, and post, goes out at stroke of midnight, thus Monday's work arrives by email Tuesday. But somehow Nestling post, tho it SAYS Tuesday, went out Monday. So that means those on email will get this Wednesday, and Wednesday's artwork on Thursday. Got it? I'm not sure I have.
Travellin' Through
The Nestling
Her name's MacKenzie, nestling down to sleep as she's held in someone's arms. She's been waiting for adoption since September 2010 when eleven-eleven rescued her from being euthanised. She was emaciated - with kittens - and already pregnant again. At under a year old, she was only a kitten herself.
Monday, January 24, 2011
GOLDILOCKS
Color Pencil 7"x9"
She has tresses, not ears! And perhaps she's a little "snooty".
A lovely girl in any case.
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
FLOORED!
Pastel 9"x6"
Ignore the colors - if you can.
My goal was freehand to capture what I saw, and to play with light and shade. The palette may not be to your taste, but it was a good process for me.
The original is below. The name is Ulle and HE appears in a more natural pallete, different pose, 2nd post in November.
Friday, January 21, 2011
A Begging Look?
Color Pencil 9"x9"
Rocky - a much loved Wheaten Terrier. Is this what's called a beseeching look? It clearly means something, but WHAT is Rocky 'beseeching' for? a treat? affection? asking for forgiveness? maybe, "Why do I have to get off the sofa?"
Or perhaps simply, "Not ANOTHER photograph, puh-lease!"
Thursday, January 20, 2011
FEATHERS!
Color Pencil 9"x12"
"Feathers" being a soulful lass.
A sweet girl who's real life is not at all soulful, just full of BOUNCE and shared with Jessie (red husky); Karin (silver grey husky); and Jack (australian shepherd). Feathers (a recuse) lineage is "we think, Belgian Tervuren mix..she is the brindle colored, smallest of the pack."
So the only one of the gang whose portrait is outstanding is Karin...and she will be up very soon.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
'COOKIE!' starring Maggie
Pastel 8"x10"
A year ago.
A wild and whacky view of Maggie, a stately Beagle, stirred into action by the call, "COOKIE!"
A wild and whacky view of Maggie, a stately Beagle, stirred into action by the call, "COOKIE!"
Maggie is much loved and spoiled by Diana, owner of Natural Animal on Sherbrooke. That wavy paper is because I stupidly did portrait on newsprint paper, then the image came out great so I kept it.
To prove her wide eyed anticipation is true to life, here's the photo on which the above was based. NB I held the camera, waved the bait, called "COOKIE!" and took the photo. That's multi-tasking.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
JESSIE & (coming soon) KARINA
Pastel 16"x18"
A WIP, obviously! And a mother and daughter portrait - !
Stepping into the unknown with more radical colors. Reference is from a group shot. Karina is mother of Jessie and you can see their affection for each other from the way their faces are pressed together!
Will take a few more days to wrap my head around finishing it. Must keep style uniform, faces on target...and DON'T MESS UP, LIZ!
My "wall" below gives you an idea of relative size.
The black/white photo of a clock tower is 8"x10", and Jessie is on paper 18"x24": Jessie's up a) for the photo and b) so I can lock down what comes next (!); and the finished work is there so I can relax and enjoy before they're packed away.
You can see TWO Jessies below.
The one on far right is a pencil sketch about 9"x9"
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