Just a quick update on my schedule, for anyone interested/waiting:

I’ve completed two blog designs this week:

• SpencersGame
• Eartodastreetz

And a few last week, in case you missed them:

• VividNUrban
• Fanboy@50
• Kissythecutie

Next week is wide open and I’ll be in the studio finishing up several custom pet portrait paintings:

• Simba, a fluffy orange tabby
• Kiwi & Boo, a pair of bird portraits
• Jambalaya, a red & white husky portrait
• Rex, a tuxedo kitty cat portrait

Then I’ll be back to blog designing for a few more weeks, then a couple more portraits, then a couple more designs … it’s going to be a busy summer!

Stay tuned for portrait progress updates!

Many, many portrait sketches = lots and lots of art to create this week!

Here’s what’s on my easel:

Badger is a certified therapy dog, she is allllways happy. I love that she’s smiling for her portrait. This will be an 8×8 oil portrait.

 

This is Morris, an orange tabby who recently crossed over the rainbow bridge. He’ll also be done in oils, on a 6×6 canvas.

 

I’ve painted Callie before, but this portrait of her will have much more meaning since it is in loving memory. Another 6×6 oil portrait.

Simba is a stunning orange tabby. Also in oil on 6×6 chunky wrapped canvas.

This yellow-sided green cheeked conure is Kiwi, she’s also having a 6×6 oil portrait. Kiwi and Boo (below) belong to Lisa’s daughter - these are a birthday surprise. So ssssh.

 

Boo was a beautiful parrotlet that passed away, her portrait pairs with Kiwi’s in 6×6.

 

This pose of Claire is just gorgeous, big curls falling down into her face - this is the line drawing for a 4×6 graphite drawing that All Adither won in January for giving me the bestest birthday wish. :)

I have alot of monochromatic paintings in my portfolio - but only one of them is an animal. After I finished that last series of monochromatic rainbow kids, I decided I wanted to offer up some custom 10″ x 10″ gallery wrapped monochromatics for $100 each.

My kids each want one of their own in their favorite colors to hang in their bedroom. I think it’s a cool idea, because it’s something they can hang onto when they get their own place. (I’m such a forward thinker, huh? lol)

I’d love to add a few pet monochromatics to that section of my portfolio, so I’ll leave this pricing open to either people or animal/pet portraits. It’s a pretty simple process, really - you pick the color, send me a photo (single subject), and I paint a cool custom portrait in oils and send it to you ready to hang on a gallery wrapped canvas.

I’ll keep this offer open until the end of March, so if you’d like to order a custom monochromatic by then just contact me and let me know. (or just go ahead & place your order.)

I skipped the sketch progress shot and intro and went right for the background on Titto’s portrait. He’s a Sun Conure I’ll be working on this week. Another small piece, 5×7 on a canvas panel, his bright plumage is going to be stunning against this dark forest green and brown background.

I’ve got a lot of work to do in the studio! I’ll update with more progress shots of the portraits I’m working on later today.

Have a great day!

I’ve just spent the morning adding all of my latest paintings to my portfolio. I’ll post the thumbs here and link to the detail pages so you can go have a look at the larger final scan of the paintings, if you’d like. Enjoy!

  

  

  

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Very productive day in the studio, Guildenstern and Jean are both complete now as well, so all four Lovebird portraits are finished! I’ll scan them and show you details as soon as they’re dry.

I finished two of the four Lovebird portraits yesterday, Rosencrantz and Lionel. Much of the detail is lost in the digital photo, especially with the rosy plumage in their faces. Hopefully their eyes dry a little faster this time, they took several days to dry after that first layer. I don’t think I can wait that long to scan them, and I’m not sure my client can wait that long to receive them! :winking:

I’ll finish up the other two gals today. :)

Here are the birds underpaintings, you can see their first work in progress shot here. There’s a big difference now in how that background color enhances each of their portraits, it’s really working nicely, warming them up and really showcasing each of them.

Each of their paintings will get another layer of paint before they’re finished. :)

From the top - left is Rosencrantz, right is Lionel. Bottom left is Guildenstern, right is Jean. Two male, two female - and they’re such pretty birds! I completed the backgrounds on these four lovebird portraits, and will start painting them on Monday. This warm ochre will really set off their soft green and peach tones. I did a similar color on this lovebird portrait back in 2004, that one is an oil pastel painting though, so these being oil paintings will result in much more vibrant colors.

I’ll be working in all of the backgrounds over the weekend for all of my portraits. You’ll see a lot of progress shots over the next couple of days!