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Working on the portrait of Candy and Moto in the studio today. I have reference photos of Candy in front of me on the monitor while I...

As always, I start with the ears. This will be a double head-study of Candy (black girl) and Moto (red boy) for James Barron. Prismacolor...

People are so fascinated with how realistic eyes can look in artwork, I thought I’d share what makes them look so shiny and...

June 2 Started a new portrait of Tanner, an orange cat, for loving owner Tammie Wolf. First I created a detailed sketch on a very special...

Finished portrait of Tanner for Tammie Wolf. Tanner is a 3 year old rescue who loves to curl up and sleep with his big brother Doberman,...

Now I’m adding the blue and white blanket over Tanner. Today’s work was to do the fold that is to the left of his face. It was slow going...

If you’ve been following this portrait from the beginning, you know that my concept for this portrait is to do the bedding very loose and...

Continuing on Tanner’s face. The eyes are in now. Finishing the eyes always brings a portrait to life more than anything else. Here’s a...

Working on Tanner’s face. You can see how nice the golds and oranges look on that mauve-grey paper. Tanner really "pops" on that color....

My concept for Tanner’s portrait is to do the bedding in big, loose, gestural strokes, and Tanner’s face in tight detail. I chose this...

Started a new portrait of Tanner, an orange cat, for loving owner Tammie Wolf. First I created a detailed sketch on a very special sheet...

April 20 Started a portrait of Mini, a beautiful black cat with gold eyes, for Emily Moren, DVM. Emily wants the portrait to include...

Today I finished the portrait of Mini, beloved cat of Emily Moren, DVM. She is surrounded by hellebores, the flower that was planted in...

Working on Mini’s eyes, the most critical part of the portrait. I started out this morning before I went in the studio, by reading the...

Now working on the black hellebore flowers. I'm adding colored pencil over the flat black watercolor wash I did in a previous step. The...

The plant foliage is finished. I may add a few more leaves and stems…I want to see how the balance looks when I get the black flowers...

All the outlines of Mini and the flowers have been drawn out in detail on a sheet of Canson “moonstone” paper, a beautiful art paper with...

Starting a portrait of Mini, a beautiful black cat with gold eyes, for Emily Moren, DVM. Emily wants the portrait to include hellebore, a...

March 10 Often my portrait clients are surprised how much is involved before I even touch a pencil to paper in the studio. This album...

Finished the portrait of Storm (Conant’s Blizzard CD) for Cathy Nearman in Hawaii. March 8 - The portrait arrived and Cathy sent this pic and wrote: Storm portrait arrived this morning!! Yay! I was out the door to work and my postman delivered this to me!! I had to rush to work but as soon as I get home today at 5pm I’ll open it up. I can’t wait till I get home...maybe I’ll leave early! Ernie and the gang ….we will have a celebration tonight opening it up. "Storm" Prismacolo