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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

Two days ago: this is how the portrait looked when I finished work in the studio for the day. All that’s left to do is Storm’s chest and...

This is how Storm's portrait looked when I finished work in the studio for the day. Just love that pink tongue! The first bit of pink...

The shadowed side of Storm’s muzzle shows how I put in the strokes of fur on the grey paper. Zoom in if you are on a small screen. If you...

Cathy really wants to capture Storm’s sweet personality in this portrait. What makes a kind eye? What puts kindness in an eye? I was...

THE EYE OF THE STORM: The challenge of Storm’s right eye. I paused my work in the studio for 3 days to address Storm's unusual right eye...

As usual, I start with the ears. Since I'm right-handed, I almost always start in the upper left and work down, so I don’t drag my hand...

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

March 4 The past couple weeks I’ve been sharing a “Little Jewel” portrait. This is another portrait type I do, called a Grisaille...