Sammie2 Pastel Portrait

Meet Sammie2 - such a cute pup! She's a little tyke, probably older than her face that you see, and I have yet to meet her in person, but from what I can tell, she definitely has character...and charisma too!

She's Sammie2, because a few years back, I did a portrait of another Sammie, who, alas is no longer with us.

Anyway, here is Sammie2's portrait after a few hours of work... Next posting you'll see how she looks after several more hours on the job.

Stay tuned~!

Molly and Kasey Part 2

Here are Bernese Mountain Dogs Molly and Kasey again -- this is a shot of the portrait when it is almost complete. Just had to do a few finishing touches on it, like add a little background color and lighten up their fur... Coming up soon will be a look at the finished portrait.

Molly and Kasey Bernese Mountain Dogs - Portrait Start

Meet Molly and Kasey, two Bernese Mountain Dogs. Here is their portrait in two stages: To the left is one when I first started on their portrait -- they both seem to be such happy dogs, it was an honor to do their portrait.

It's about time!

Okay then, here is that finished Luka portrait, in his frame (it took a while to finally get a hold of the photo of the framed portrait, but now that I have it, here it is!)

There's some glare and/or reflection from the glass (sorry about that), but he's finished. Maybe I'll donate him to an auction... we'll see...


"Goji" - another Cat portrait...

Also another portrait for you to see: This is Linell's cat "Goji" looking up at the skies above. Linell took the wonderful photo that served as the basis for this portrait - it just begged for me to do a pastel! So of course I had to do it. I haven't yet met Goji in person, but I'm sure he must be a wonderful cat, seeing how he was such a great poser for the photo. (Of course, I know from all her work that Linell is also a great photographer as well.)

Both of these portraits were entered in this year's Clark County Fair in Vancouver, Washington back in August, but alas, neither of them won any ribbons other than "Participant" (sigh), but my teacher, Fariha, won an award - yay! Congratulations Fariha! I learned a lot from you and you deserve lots of prizes and ribbons...

Jeannie's Dog -- Just about done...

I'd say I'm done with this doggie for now. Actually he's been sitting in his little car, done for quite a few weeks. I just haven't been back to this blog for a while, as you can probably tell. So time for posting to get it over and done with... Maybe I'll send him to my cousin for Christmas - won't she be surprised!!!

Luka (Prior to framing)

Okay, here's Luka, pretty much completed prior to framing. I hope to show you another one in his frame... I did add some more white to his coat, and some more shadowing as well, but don't have a photo of all that yet (sorry!).

If you happen to head towards the Clark County Fair this year, check him out! The Fair goes through August 16th I believe.

He should be in the Art section along with another cat "Whiskers" Whiskers Sees the Light is the title I gave to that portrait.

Mug Shot - Bonnie's rescue dog...

Here's a portrait that I'm working on now... it's Bonnie's rescue dog. The photo was a little fuzzy, so a bit difficult to work from, but I think she's coming along. And if I saw her in person, I know I'd get her a lot better!!!
Anyway, that's it for now...

A little more work on Luka!

Okay, here's a little more work on my latest portrait - Luka!!!

He's coming along, but still has a way to go, as you can see from the actual photograph. What a pretty kitty! The next portrait I post will be what the FINISHED PRODUCT looks like - I promise!!!

Oh, by the way, I found a penny in the Post Office parking lot yesterday - is it a lucky one? You betcha - every penny I find is lucky that I found it!

And were you wondering what kind of camera I have? It's a Nikon CoolPix P2 (5.1 Megapixels with 3.5x Zoom), neither fancy no new, but does its job.

4H Club Winning Cat - Luka Portrait

I love the way this portrait of Luka is turning out! He was apparently the winning cat at last year's Clark County Fair, and one of his prizes was a Pastel Pet Portrait by artist Lani Sakai - me! What do you think?

I still have to work on the background color a bit, but other than that, I think he's pretty much done.

According to his master, Luka likes to sit with one paw sticking out, so that's how he is in this portrait. Such a cute cat!

Cat Portrait from Cell Phone Photo

I don't know what happened to the "draft" that I started. Oh well. Here is a scan of a portrait that I'm working on. The original photo was from a CELL PHONE CAMERA :( so there isn't much detail and the color is hard to determine, but other than that, I think it's a good start...

Workie workie

Okay then, five hours of work and now I'm home - yay! Getting ready to do some eBay listings, and maybe some on Etsy too. The question is whether I'm going to go out of town tomorrow or not... Shall I just flip a coin? hmmm.
Some fun stuff on eBay now: a Harrah's pocket knife from the 1960s together with a lucky penny - very fun vintage item, then there's a bunch of Western Airlines items - posters mostly, but also some coasters. Or how about a Lani Sakai Pastel Pet Portrait?