I’ve started up the cam if you want to watch me paint Mark’s portrait. My plan is to finish it tonight to list tomorrow.

< ----Webcam link is over to the left now, make sure if you're only seeing a small portion of it that you right click on the cam image and enlarge the view. If that doesn't work, let me know! :) Also, Yahoo IM users can add me, ‘intricateartist’, it may take a few minutes for me to add you back, please be patient! Once you’re added, you will have access any time without having to go thru that silly approval thing! xoxoxoo 8:10PM CST Here’s his progress for the night. I’ll finish the lettering on his jacket and his face in the morning.

I just wanted to pop back in and let you guys know what my plans are for the next few days artwise!

I varnished my tribute to Vermeer (Girl with a Pearl Earring) painting today. Tomorrow I will scan her again and get her ready to list on eBay.

I am also going to finish up Mark’s portrait (tonight or tomorrow), allow that a day to dry, varnish and ATTEMPT to scan it if that’s even possible, it’s a huge piece! I WILL be listing his portrait on eBay as well, and you will understand why once you see the auction.

I am hoping to have both listings up by Monday night/Tuesday morning and will keep you posted of course!

We have a few other things going on Monday thru Wednesday so I am really pushing to get these things finished up before our schedule gets busy.

Once hubby is on his way back to you-know-where, I will begin 2 more commissioned pieces and those will both be viewable on cam! Stay tuned!!

Hope you’re having a great weekend!
xoxoxo

I painted for a while today, he’s getting there!

Hehe! I am not going to finish painting him before he gets here, he’ll be arriving in just a few hours!!! YAHOO!!!! So here he is, and here I go! I will check in as soon as I can and maybe even have some pics of us TOGETHER! 😀

Oooo the hotel we’re staying at tonight – I called them to arrange some special little things and guess what?! They’re COMPING everything!!!! Free chocolate covered strawberries, free white zin, free room service…. oh my! This is going to be a fun evening!!

Ok I better go get ready! Love you guys!!!

On my tombstone: “Spent time wisely” (I hope!)

I don’t know if you remember this one, I began an oil portrait of Mark back in March. I was still so new to oils, just your standard over-achiever, and decided I wasn’t comfortable enough with flesh tones to even start anything more than the background.

Today was the day! Hey, when you can’t sit still, pace in front of your easel! He’s huge, Care can vouch for me, 2 feet wide by 4 feet tall. In other words, life sized, and possibly a smidge larger. Nice unveiling for his homecoming, eh? 😉

Good morning!

I woke this morning before 6am. I could not fall back asleep, I think the excitement is really kicking in! I’ve cleaned the house top to bottom, including the studio. I even went so far as to pick up some trays that work nicely on my drafting table, and arranged all of my oils by hue. Nervous energy perhaps? LOL

I met my goal for Mark’s arrival, lost another 1.5 lbs. which brings my total loss up to 51.5 lbs. 😀 I imagine with all the energy I have right now I will lose another pound or two before he arrives!

He’s scheduled to arrive on Thursday evening now. His current itinerary (as of yesterday afternoon) has him scheduled to depart Oct. 9, which gives us 16 days! YAHOO! And the bad part of it, he is very adversely affected by anything happening to his team while he is not out there with them, and yesterday it sounds like a couple of the guys in his unit were injured. 🙁 I hope they’re ok, it has been pretty rough over there lately and I just wish I were in charge, you know? I’m sure a lot of you feel that way, seems like we all would have a better plan to fix things there and prevent what’s going on than what is currently being done. Yea, I say put a woman with PMS in charge. We’ll take care of stuff pretty darn fast!! 😉

My version of “Girl with a Pearl Earring” is dry, and I scanned it this morning. I have a couple more images (linked) that you can look at, the first one is the work in progress collage from start to finish, I think 12 shots? It looks so wierd, different lighting makes every revision look like I did a major overhaul, so just consider the features and not the colors. LOL

Then the last one, I promise, hehe! A full scan of my painting (larger view) beside Vermeer’s.

And that concludes my 3-week long tribute to the Master!

I will finally get caught up on my e-mail now, and I would like to make a couple of revisions to my site, specifically the ordering information page. It is waaay too wordy! I will probably be removing a few things, rewording, and stop offering other medium for a while to work only in oils.

Okie dokie then! I’ve got nervous energy to spend, so I’ll catch ya later! 😉

xoxoxoxxo

It’s still not dry, the digital pic turned out ‘eh’, so I cropped it and put it up next to Vermeer’s just so you can have a peek! It’s going to start getting really busy here!! 😉

Here you go, this is a pic of my current progress shot (left, obviously) beside Vermeer’s. I will be painting today!! I’ll start up the cam around 10AM. I have much to do, and just a few hours to do it in! You guys have got to be pretty ready for me to just finish this piece, huh? Today, I promise! Then I’ll scan her and post the final, and that’s it!! I swear! :P~

Here’s a screen shot of what she looks like on my cam right now….

I want to finish her tomorrow, because I have A LOT of things to get done to get ready for Mark’s arrival!!!

Back soon,
~me