Here she is! This is the tentative sketch. 🙂

(update…the sketch was approved, this is her pose!)

I’ve just sent the huge versions of these over to my client for her to have a close look at. I am SO pleased with how this piece turned out. Once I get a scan of it (a couple of days) I will post with the reference photos too. I worked from 5 different photos to put this piece together. What I love is that you wouldn’t know it!! I just wish I could be there when she opens it. Here are a couple of pics!!

P.S. SORRY E!!! ;P~~~

I just turned the webcam on if you’d like to watch me paint!

I am planning on finishing this piece today, so I will be back & forth in the studio for the rest of the day and probably into the night.

See you in the studio!

Almost done!!! Lemme see, here’s a rundown on what’s left to do: W’s necklace and any other deepening/highlighting of her hair, a smidge more detail on her right hand (across her lap). Both kitties will get their final coat of fur, whiskers, and enhancements to their eyes. I think that’s it, I’m sure I’ll tweak other things here and there.

The webcam is off now, and I’ll let you know when I’m getting ready to start finishing things up! (Probably late tomorrow or Monday morning)

This is day 7, my webcam is on, and I will be getting a LOT done today. I did fiddle with my cam a little bit and have it (hopefully) properly embedded within my website now, you can click on Miss Cam (the funky webcam/eye smiley to your left) and/or go to intricateart.com/webcam to view.

You can also log on to your Yahoo Messenger and watch me there, my cam ID is “intricateartist”. 😀

UPDATE 9:30AM I’ll be away from my cam for about 1/2 hour while I change out the bulbs in the studio! I’ll leave my cam on.

Please let me know if it’s not working for you!

Go on, watch me paint!

Did you ever have one of those days? It’s 3 in the afternoon, you walk over to your computer, sit down and realize that the day is almost over, and you wonder what you’ve been doing that’s taken this long?

I’ve been tending to my wounds today, which I didn’t think would take as long as it did. 😛 I’ve been trying to potty-train my 10-year-old little 3-year-old who has decided that she would rather pee on the kitchen floor and hide under the dining room table. I’ve been painting B&F in my head so that when I sit down to paint tonight I will be able to get far enough along to finish this painting by the beginning of the week. I’ve talked to Mark for a little while, I’ve drooled as I thumbed through my new Coldwater Creek catalog, I’ve pondered the meaning of life & counted my blessings, and I’ve taken some macro shots of the beautiful bouquet of flowers that were delivered just shortly after I arrived home from the hospital Tuesday. Boy they are beautiful, and aromatic to boot! Here’s your eye candy for the day:

Stargazer Lilies are my favorite. I could bathe in their aroma, I truly could.

I will be hanging out with Jay for the afternoon, and once I get her tucked in tonight I will update and turn the webcam on. I plan to paint from about 8:30PM CST until about Midnight.

See you in a bit!

I worked on W’s arms today, and still need to highlight & shadow more. I also finished up B&F’s eyes and started to map out the highlights on their faces. There’s a night-time flourescent glow that I partially removed, and will try to get a better pic on Friday in daylight.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving!! Happy Turkey day, everyone! Eat well, enjoy your family and count your blessings!

xoxoxoxoxoxo

Okay folks, I am going to be painting today, maybe a little slower than normal, but I will be painting! I turned on my webcam so you can watch if you’d like!

(right click zoom to 200% then back to 100% for full view; Yahoo Messenger ID “intricateartist”)

Back later with a pic update.

IT’S SNOWING TODAY!!!!!!!!

W is coming along very nicely, the shape of her face, her eye color, teeth, everything – I am very pleased. (You like, J?) It’s like I had painted this piece so much in my head that it’s painting itself now! I am on about my 3rd layer on her face and neck skintones, and have probably one more, just enhancements to what is already here. Her forehead and brow area are far enough along that I roughed in her bangs, deepened her hairline and started working on her hair a bit.

Her shirt is “finished” right now. I do not anticipate having to make any revisions to it, it’s a beautiful warm chocolate color and the highlights of the fabric turned out beautifully.

Her arms look pretty pale against the rest of her now, huh? I will work on her arms next, after her shirt dries (probably Wednesday), and once she is complete I will work on the cats (the whole background/foreground layer thing). Anyhoo, this will be my last work in progress until Wednesday I’m guessing, and I’ll stop in tomorrow morning and update before I head to the hopsipsal! (yes, that’s how the girls say it!)

Have a great night!!