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!

Background is FINISHED :)

Well, that was FAST...lol! I got on a roll & finished off the background. Now its time to get some color on those faces & make those eyes SHINE :)

Coming along....

Well, I ran home after work today to get my coloring FIX...LOL! Seriously, though I have put a total of 3 finished layers onto the background tonight & its really lookin good. I decided to go with gray, because his skin tone is SO GREAT & I dont want the background to wash it out in ANY way :)

1 layer of gray

2 layers of gray

3 layers of gray

I plan on using these 3 colors again in a 2nd complete wash of the background. This will give it a smooth, finished texture :)

JACK!

Well, I FINALLY got started on the two triptychs of Jack :) I have just finished the pencil drawings of each triptych, so here you go!

This is the first one...i know it is hard to see, but its the best that I can do with a light pencil drawing :P

Here are some close-ups of the first one :)

Okay, so here is the second triptych of jack ;).....

And some close-ups of the second piece...

I cannot WAIT to start on the color in the next few days :) These are going to be AMAZING, since I have such GREAT photos of this GORGEOUS kiddo!