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MacTavish WIP #4

December

2006

I’ll be finishing up MacTavish today and tomorrow. This is the current progress shot, his eyes and nose are complete and I’ve started deepening the fur around his eyes.

You can view all of his portrait painting progress here.

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Filed under: Dog Portraits, Painting in Oils, Works in Progress

Sweet Ride WIP #4 : The Underpainting

December

2006

Finally, the underpainting is complete. You can see this painting as it has progressed here.

It’s made an amazing transformation, but these are still just the basic colors. (fyi: the license plate has been blurred for display on the web.) I’ll paint the car all over again with highlights, lowlights and make further enhancements to the midtones. You’ll be able to hear the engine purr when I’m through with her.

Tidbit: These are the brushes I’m painting with, on a 16×20 canvas – that should explain why this is such a long process.

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Custom Portrait : Father & Daughter

December

2006

Here’s a sketch of another custom portrait painting I’ll be working on soon, in oils. It’s 4×6, a nice little size (the same as Ashley, actually), and the pose is just perfect – I just love this composition.

I’m still working on the other two large paintings (the GTO and that cute little Scottish Terrier), and will post more progress shots on them soon! Those should both be done by the end of this week.

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Sweet Ride WIP #3

December

2006

For those of you who guessed red, of course she’s red! Sweet rides are always red, aren’t they? I must just be one of those. Except my dream car is a ’66 Mustang – midnight blue with cream pony leather interior. (So if you ever run into one of those for sale, I have to know!)

This is just a partial underpainting. I wanted to lay the red down first because the bulk of detail work will be on the body of the car. Once this layer is try, I’ll finish up the interior, then move to the rims and bumper/grill area, tires, then the underpainting will be complete.

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MacTavish WIP #3

December

2006

black scottish terrier scottie custom oil painting dog portrait in progress

His underpainting is complete. The next step for this cute little Scottie painting is the darkest darks and the lightest lights.

A little insight: I don’t see black his coat at all. What may appear to you to be black or gray, isn’t. I don’t use even a tiny amount of black oil paint in any of my pet paintings, and haven’t in years. The most natural darks aren’t really black at all in natural light with natural shadows. I was talking to a friend of mine the other day (who is colorblind, go figure), and had a hard time convincing her that clouds aren’t really white, and snow is blue. Now I’ve put her whole color wheel out of whack.

I learned this from Johannes Vermeer. He never painted with black (aka mars black) at all. I believe this is why my pet portraits are always so vivid and lifelike. There’s very little white, and absolutely no black.

Have a look around you today, and really look at the colors of what you’re seeing. I think you’ll be surprised at what you see.

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Filed under: Dog Portraits, Painting in Oils, Works in Progress

Final Painting Scan : Ashley

December

2006

Custom Cat Portrait : Ashley
4? x 6? Oil Painting
Canvas Panel
© 2006 Leanne Wildermuth
All Rights Reserved

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Filed under: Cat Portraits, Completed Paintings, Painting in Oils

Sweet Ride WIP #2

November

2006

OooOOOo she’s a ghost car right now, but before long (and after the background dries – which is gray, btw – on an overcast day) you’ll see what color she is. Feel free to make some guesses, just for fun – and for those of you who figured out the make & model – you’re right. It’s a GTO, and I’m not sure what year.

I’m pretty excited about adding a car painting to my gallery, if you can’t tell!

psst…KDiddy – what year is she? And is she a she? She has to be.

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MacTavish WIP #2

November

2006

I have the background on MacTavish’s portrait painted now (in oils), really warm gold tones are really going to set off his eyes and black coat (and curls!). It’s overcast today, so the true gold and sepia tones didn’t show up well in this photo, but it’s close. I’ve made a slight revision from my sketch, perking his ear back up. I’ll start working in the underpainting once the background is dry.

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Ashley’s Cat Portrait

November

2006

custom cat portrait oil painting original

Ashley’s portrait is complete, and I’m really happy with how she turned out. She’s a beautiful, fluffy cat and the lighting makes the depth of her fur really stand out. Of course her scan will look much better and be more accurate to color, but the painting will take a couple of days to dry. I’ll post her final scan and photos before I send her on her way home.

(click here to see the work in progress and final painting beside eachother.)

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