Scanned original...

This is the most recent photo, but it does not do it justice by any means!

Keep reading ;)

Big difference, right?! LOL! Its too big to scan the entire image @ once, so there are 2 scanned versions :)

This one gives you a better look @ the hair

Now to add a darker shadow to the neck to pull it all together & then going to add the GLITTER :)

Almost DONE...

Been working hard for a while now & I need to take a BREAK ;) This is a complicated piece that deserves a fresh eye...loL! I am finished with one side of the face COMPLETELY, but I am gonna take a breather & then come back to finish the other side ;) Looks like i just have one side of the face, the hair & the shirt to go! Woo Hoo!

Christmas Eve progress...

This was the progress only a little while after my first post on Wed.

Thursday was my birthday & I sat in front of the tv while finishing the background :) I added a few layers of the skin tones before adding the color of the paints on her face. I wanted her skin tone to come through in order for the shadows to come out correctly. I added white colored pencil to the white areas & then used a white-out pen to make the highlight brighter ;) I am going to finish up the shadows on her face & finish her hair & I will be DONE! In time for Christmas, too!! Yeah ;)

On a ROLL!!

How could I NOT be excited to get this done :)

Now for the skin tones!

Christmas RUSH...

On Monday I received an email from my etsy acct from someone here in LR that wanted to know whether I could do a portrait of his daughter for his wife's Christmas present. I was so excited & definitely up for the task after I saw the image that he wanted me to recreate ;)

See what I mean!? Talk about a GREAT picture :)

Here is the pencil rendition....I had to add a little extra @ the bottom for it to fit better in the 11X17 space that we decided on. I cannot wait to get this done & handed over :) I have a lot to do but I know that I will be into it & done in NO TIME!

Finished products...

Scanned version of middle face

Scanned version of last face

Both triptychs together ;)

Thx so much, LAURA....for letting me yet again surprise myself by doing gorgeous work ;)

I truly hope that the grandparents are as ecstatic as we were...lol!

And......ITS DONE!! YEAH!

 Well, here are the final photos of the last face :)

 First layer of color on the skin & hair

Adding more skin tones

 Smoothing it all out & 2nd coat on hair color

 Adding the first layer of shadows

 Darkening the shadows little by little :)

This is the highlights added & everything finished on the hair.

Now that the skin tones are finished I darkened the mouth to match better.

I am working on getting the final piece scanned in so you can get the real effect of the piece :)

OH!....So CLOSE ;)

Well, lucky me I am fighting a cold & am having a hard time focusing on the final touches of the first triptych. I am doing it, though...lol!

Finished the collar of his shirt

Completed his striped shirt

Started adding color to the mouth

This as far as I can get on the mouth until I add the skin tones. I will be able to see what needs to be added to it once I have the skin tones in.

Eyes are done :)

Two out of Three DONE! ;)

Okay, so I did finish the 2nd face on the first triptych today :) YEAH ME! Enjoy the photos...Im starting on the final face :D

Just the pencil rendition of the facial features....making sure that they are placed correctly and I can recognize where they start & end

I did the hand before starting the face to get a feel for how the skin tones that I had chosen would work

The eyes are almost finished here & the mouth is started

This is the first few layers of color added to the skin.

I started adding the shadows & made sure the hair line was placed correctly

Finished product.... :)

Amazing!

 Sometimes, I even surprise myself! LOL! I got everything together late last night, so that I could start Jacks' shirt today. It is a striped number & of course I was nervous to start it :P Anyway, I started on it this morning & have had to take a ton of breaks since its a complicated shirt. I just had to focus on each stripe & the shades/highlights that went with them. I finished his shirt this afternoon & couldnt be happier with it! Actually, its very shocking to see it completed...it looks very realistic :) I have started the skin tones on this one & will post more pics very soon! BTW, the last photo is the scanned version so the colors are PERFECT in that one.

Aha!

Well, being the idiot that I can be when engrossed in a project...i NEVER considered scanning my work instead of taking pics. The photos NEVER turn out the way that I want, so here is a GREAT version of the finished Jack :) I cant always scan them, since the sizes vary with each portrait but this one works!

The color of his skin has turned out so AMAZING ;)

One down, two to go...

Couldnt be happier to say that I have finished the newborn portrait of the first triptych...it is GORGEOUS ;) 

Working hard...

Well, I took some time away from the portrait & am back in full force :) I am completed a total of 7 layers of color on the first Jack! He is starting to look AMAZING ;) My previous pics of the earlier layers didnt turn out very well, so I am just posting a current pic .

Go, go, going...

Another productive afternoon :) I finished Jacks' eyes, mouth, blanket, and started on his skin tone today! Enjoy the photos!