Cheeky’s underpainting is complete, this gorgeous fluffy kitty is getting his second portrait painted in a larger size (6×6 from 4×4), since momma liked the first one so much. I’ll be working on one more underpainting today, so back to the studio I go!

Here’s Willie’s underpainting, in stages, as I progressed on his pretty tuxedo kitty cat self today. The first thing I always complete is the background. There’s a hint of teal in his eyes and the whites of his fur, so I pulled that into the background to bring out his eyes more. I finished his […]

Lurk: to read messages on an internet discussion forum (as a newsgroup or chatroom) without contributing. Even M-W has amended it’s definition of Lurk to include something specific to the WWW. Isn’t that cute? I thought so. Well now that I have your attention (I think it was the smiley paper plate that sucked you […]

Here’s a fun 10″ x 10″ monochromatic oil portrait of Stacie I just completed. Stacie is an enthusiastic teenager with bright blue eyes that I photographed for this portrait last weekend. She asked for greens – lime being her favorite color. When I started working the piece, I decided to leave her eye color alone […]

  From the top – left is Rosencrantz, right is Lionel. Bottom left is Guildenstern, right is Jean.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 […]

I completed the background for Elsie, and called Catybug in to have a look at it. I had to hold it up against something to show the difference in color, since it was late afternoon when I finished it and the light was going south west and fading fast. My studio chair was a good […]

Custom Portrait : Greg & Kim 4? x 6? Oil Painting Canvas Panel © 2007 Leanne Wildermuth All Rights Reserved This painting can also be seen in my portfolio, here.