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.

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.

Ted E. Bear, Luka and more!

Okay, anyway, here's an updated portrait of Ted E. Bear (Teddy Bear) the furry black cat.

Also, here's the start of a portrait of Luka (his owners let me take my own photos of him when I dropped of his portrait, which, by the way, they were very happy with, I'm pleased to say!)

Will be listing more things on eBay soon -- mostly more Western Airlines
posters and the like, but a few eclectic things here and there.

Check out eBay listings under seller name Lani Sakai.

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!

New Postings on eBay!

Six days left for these listings - very nice wooden nutcracker ornaments, including a Matador and a purple Soldier, a porcelain snow man and more. There's a REALLY cute set of two Hallmark ornaments from 1997 and 1999 - Mark Newman Raccoon & Rabbit Ornaments! Please be sure to check out my lanisakai eBay page for more of my listings on eBay including more pet portraits and Western Airlines memorabilia.


Plus, coming up, I'll be doing a pet portrait for last year's 4H winning cat owner in the upcoming weeks - he's a very pretty kitty named Luka! Congratulations to the winner and her pet.