I can't call this truly complete until my client gives it the "ok" but I've got all the elements painted at last. I f...

Another update. I finally completed the background. I did wind up requesting feedback on a critique forum but didn't get much help...

I took a break from the portrait today to play with Mr Doob: http://mrdoob.com/120/harmony  It's an online digital sketching/grap...

Progress has been slow but steady. It's all those teeny, tiny little details like the grapes in the pedestel bowl that I can not si...

I dug this one out of the archives. It's an old pastel I did (from my warped imagination) for a Halloween contest. I still think he...

Here is the latest update. I've made some progress but had hoped to be further along by now. The girls are finally starting to get...

A slightly better image. It's been cloudy all day and for some reason I could not get a sharp image but here it is as promised, war...

First, I want to apologize for the lousy photo I've posted. I'll take a better one tomorrow using the tripod. It's also dist...

The photo for my new blog header is courtesy of Julie Christiansen of Charlevoix. She's an amazing photographer. Thank you, Julie!

 Notice the title change? All the sisters have been discussing the final title for this family portrait and Holly won with 'Swee...

I know I've been absent for awhile now. No new posts in quite some time but I have been busy. I recently received an unusual r...

I made my tweaks and added a pale yellow wash to the background as planned. The wash doesn't show up as much on the right side of th...

Okay, this is where I'm at right now. The beads weren't as tedious to paint as I feared and I hope the feather boa reads as fea...

  I've finished the third lady's face and am now on to her hat. The ribbons will be easy, the feathers maybe not so much. ...

I thought it might be nice to show how I'm going about creating the facial contours and skin tones. Keeping to a limited palette...

I made some progress with my second lady today. Sorting out the top of her hat was a little daunting but I'm happy with it for now....

It seems like it's been a long time since I posted an update but I have been working at this, albeit slowly, almost everyday. Yeste...

So far I've done two trial runs on Arches #140 hotpress w/c paper. Wow, it's difficult to retain facial expressions and featu...

I found these lovely ladies on Paint My Photo. The individual photos were posted by photographer Judy Wright and they looked like they b...

    As often happens with me, I've lost momentum again. Today I took out an old drawing pad and decided to try sketching anoth...