I’m going to add a few more details to Luke today (just a few I swear, that boy has been getting ALL of my attention!), and then on to Ella. See the difference in the digital pics in daylight vs. my nighttime “daylight” lamps? Wierd, huh?

Hey and how cool is this? I was just looking at my referrers, this one is cool! Search results for “Leanne” on MSN!

I worked on Luke tonight, he’ll be getting yet another coat of fur tomorrow before I start finishing up Ella.

I just finished the underpainting, now mom don’t get too worried, everything but the background will have a fresh & detailed layer right on top of this one!

The background is a nice rich brick red, lightened with a buttercream (not the butter, the paint that looks like butter.) in the foreground. So hey, Taba, how about brick red?

Meet Luke & Ella! I’ll be working on their portrait (12×12 Canvas Panel) over the next few days. Don’t they look sweet together? Actually getting along to have their photo taken! Aww.

Ellie’s scan turned out perfect. She’s such a pretty girl! I’m including a close up of her face too. The photograph I had to work from was pretty teenie, it was a 3×5 photo but Ellie was only about 2 1/2 inches tall in that photo, I scanned it in at a super high res so I could get as much detail from it as possible. The rest, well, I made it up!

Ellie will ship on Monday – along with The Horse. I’ve been doing paperwork, packing and shipping all morning. My poor mailman is going to freak out when she sees what’s waiting for her! Ten, Tori, Emily, Nicki, Callie, Possy III and a Christmas gift I’ve finally gotten around to shipping (’cause she finally got around to moving to her new house!). I think I should go hide until the white truck is gone. heh!

Here’s Ellie’s digital pic, I’ll show her off again when I get her scanned!

I’ll start working on Ellie again momentarily, the webcam is on!

P.S. In the last 86 hrs, I’ve slept 18. Is that normal? LOL

Here’s her underpainting. I honestly could not figure out what background color would compliment her best AND go with the interior of her home. I mixed this as I went along and love it.

UPDATE: I’m shutting down the cam for the night, I will work on the horse underpainting in the morning.

My webcam is on and I’ll be working on both Ellie and the horse underpaintings tonight if you’d like to stop in and check on me!

I’ll post those first work in progress shots when I finish ’em up.