Thursday, September 25, 2008

Portraits from 07

Last year a lady came up to me at work one morning and was fully prepared with several photos of her dog that she wanted drawn. I picked what i thought was the best one which was a 3/4 view. Sadly, I didn't take a picture of that one. The lady came back later to pick it up and she liked it so much that she wanted one of the other photos done. I picked the profile view. This was my first attempt at drawing a pastel animal portrait at work, but luckily the photos were so excellent that I took at chance and drew it anyway. I love the way it turned out and i wish more quests would come in the park with pet photos! This is Beaver Cleaver. I drew it from a picture in a magazine and it was on display at France Portraits in 2007. I don't know where it is now.
Silhouttes always look pretty with bows, but sometimes they can be difficult to cut. This one wasn't too hard.


Monday, September 8, 2008

Portraits done at VCU art school

My dad. Acrylic and Oil. Dec 07. My neighbor. Oil. 2004.
Angel Statue. Acrylic. May 07.
Conceptual Portrait. Pastel. April 2008.
Can you guess who it is?......

...Jack Johnson

My soldier

These are photos and the portraits I drew/painted from the photos. They are of my army boyfriend Dennis.
This was done in 2004 in graphite:

This was drawn for a display portrait for work. I spent an hour and a half on it. Kamans liked it so much that they sent it to Ohio(without telling me) to make copies to send to other parks. I had to explain to them that I wanted the original back and it wasn't just some random person. I got it back about a year later. I know it is hanging up at Busch Gardens Europe and Sea World Orlando and who knows where else.
I painted this in my summer painting class of 2007 with acrylics. Spent a couple hours on it. Maybe 8? Took 2 days to finish.







Photos of my work taken from cell phone

silhoutte of 2 girls 2008
i love drawing facial hair. june 08
This is family portrait from Oct 2007. We used tan paper on profiles that year. I miss it.
Another portrait artist Danielle and her brother.
This was done July 08. The very first thing i put on the page is a "blob" of skin tone and the mom was like "wow, its so amazing!" She complimented me the entire time which is always nice...