Here’s progress shot #5.

Her wrap, turban and cape are done. I started highlighting and deepening the skintones and will allow that to dry overnight, then really get into her facial details tomorrow while Miss J is at school. 🙂

I am going to start painting in a little while, I will set up the cam and turn it on in a minute.

This is a collage of the first 4 work in progress pics I’ve taken of this piece. You can click to view a larger image. I put it together so I could see the progression too, thought you might enjoy it!

Going to set up the cam!
xoxoxo

I am getting ready to paint! (Cam link)

The sale went well yesterday, I got rid of about half of what I took over there. YAY! I was beat though, what a long day! It felt like it was time to go to bed at 1 in the afternoon yesterday.

I will start painting in a very short while, just have a few things to take care of so I can dive in. I’ll go ahead and set up the cam and turn it on, and I’ll update right down here if anything else is happening, and post another WIP shot here tonight, too!

p.s. don’t forget, yahoo ID intricateartist will give you a larger, clearer view, and if you open it via the webpage you can view the large image if you right click and zoom to 200%. Ooh, yes, and if you have yahoo and add me, it may be a little before I can add you back. The computer is a room away from the studio. 🙂

6:07PM CST: Well it’s been really quiet today. I’m going to break for a couple of hours and start up again just after 8PM. I have a progress pic of it for now, I wanted to try to get a picture that has natural light so you can see the boldness of the colors. I finished her wrap, turban, and started in on her cape. I may make some revisions to everything before I start on her face, it depends on how I see her tomorrow.

I’ll be starting up the cam in a few minutes to continue working on “Girl With A Pearl Earring”! You can watch thru Yahoo IM (my user ID is intricateartist), the image is much clearer/sharper thru IM. Of course this link still works, too! 🙂

Hey, I am going to set it as a “large image”. What this means is that on Yahoo you can see a larger view of my cam. Through the cam link, it will initially show a small portion of the larger image. If you right click and zoom to full screen, then hit your escape key, it should take the cam size to the larger view as well. Please let me know if that doesn’t work for you!

12:41 CST: I’m leaving the cam on, but I will be away for a little while!
1:40 CST: Going to start painting again in a couple of minutes 🙂
6:33 CST: I’ll be back at the easel just after 8 my time.

Here’s the work in progress shot for the day! The yellow headwrap is finished, I’ll work on her turban and coat/cape tomorrow, then I can concentrate on her face. Here’s the link to the original again so you can compare the hedwrap: Original Vermeer

Hey! I am going to be starting up my cam here in a couple minutes, and will be back & forth painting all afternoon! 😀

Wanna watch? Click the cam link over there —————->
OR, if you have Yahoo IM, you can add me, ‘intricateartist’, and see an even larger cam image than the one on that page. Once you add me, just click on my “watch me paint!” next to my ID and the cam window will pop up!

I will post a progress pic later on, after I finish painting for the day.

5:27 PM: The underpainting is finished, still SO MUCH work to do on her but I love how she’s coming along!! I’ll leave my cam on it for a while so you can see it there, I will get a digital pic after dinner, we’re HUNNNNNGRY!

Here are the digital pics:

Sorry, I wanted to paint today but it was not dry enough for me to start working on her skintones! Bummmmerrrrrrrrr.

I did get my hair done again today, it grew 3/4″ in about 2-3 weeks! That’s the only bad thing about having a short hairstyle, it requires more frequent maintenance.

Played with the girls this afternoon, we played pool online for a while, then downloaded Slingo from yahoo and Jay was kickin some Slingo-butt! We dressed snowmen and played a couple other pre-k type games, then the girls disappeared for a few minutes and when I went to see what they were up to they were cozy on the couch under blankets a half hour before bedtime. Awwww.

My custom pet portrait auction ended this afternoon, and I’ll be painting a kitty for my lucky winner! >^..^< Meow! I will update again tomorrow, it should be dry enough for me to finish up the underpainting. Nitey-nite!
xoxoxo

Work in progress shot #1 after an evening of painting (2 hours or so)…
this is 16×20 by the way! Also, for those of you who are unfamiliar with Vermeer or this painting, here’s a link where you can see the original. 🙂

Good morning!

It’s going to be a busy day today. Caitlin leaves for school in a bit, then I’ll be getting Jay ready for her first day in Pre-K! She is so excited, and has to wear a necklace she said. LOL

I have an appointment this morning while she’s at school, and will also be swinging by the post office to drop off the paintings I wanted to ship yesterday (the Coon wasn’t dry yet). I got up at 6AM to get all of the packages put together.

Today is also “pay the bills” day, iew! Sitting down at the table with the big giant calculator, you know how that goes? Blaaahhhh I’m glad that only happens 2 days a month. hehe! Oh how I wish my brain was a calculator some days. I suppose I should take some Advil an hour before I do that, huh?

I also have some website updates to do today, to my site as well as another one. I have so many things to add to my galleries!

I think that about covers what I’ll be up to today, how about you?

Have a great day, I will leave you with the scan of the Coon painting as your eye candy today! See ya later!
xoxoxoxo

Hey I just finished! I repositioned the cam over him so it’s still on, but here’s a digital pic I just took. 😀

Now he’ll dry overnight, and I’ll prep and ship 4 paintings tomorrow…weeee!

Have a great afternoon!