The second wedding venue portrait is finished and they both have reached their destination. I really enjoyed doing this one. It is stark in its own way, as a simple brick-faced building, but its details are quite charming. Wooden shutters block the lower windows, but the fanned, vertical brick archtop above them and the iron gated doorway add much needed visual interest. The eye is drawn up to the second story windows with their overflowing flower boxes and striped awnings. The trees soften the harder angles and add texture.
The second wedding venue portrait finished
18 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
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Number two wedding venue gift portrait
11 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
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Number two was started but I forgot to take a photo before beginning the inking. I was in a bit of a rush as I wanted to get these out before my trip to Boise, and I had a senior moment about the photo. Still, I managed to catch myself before I went too far.
This one was a bit easier than the last one as I didn’t have to cram so much building into the 10×8 space. Still, it had its own issues. This is peeling white paint over red brick. No color to help delineate that. It has black wooden shutters over the first floor windows and lovely arches in them. The entryway is recessed in its own archway and has half circle window above the door. Grilled iron gates protect the enclosed area too. So, in its own way, it is packed with detail, too.
The first wedding gift portrait finished
04 Sep 2019 2 Comments
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It seems so simple to just do black and white. But it’s not. The first portrait for my wedding venue gift is finished and there was a lot of work to it. Not just in the shapes but in the balance of black and white as well. These can take almost as much time as a portrait in color. Without the “crutch” of color I have to work carefully with the ink to not over do it and end up with a black blob and no detail in the shadows.
New Commissions
28 Aug 2019 5 Comments
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The woman who has had me do the wedding venue portraits as gifts contacted me a couple of weeks ago to do two more. I started the first one and, as always, it is more complicated than would first appear. There is a lot of building there to pack into a 10×8 portrait and not have too much sky or lawn.