Portrait

I’ve had some requests to post more of my sketches and works-in-progress on my blog…so here’s another painting that is sitting in the studio… This is a work-in-progress - a barn owl portrait that will debut at th Moosehorn Gallery in Montana. They are having a large event this summer and (…if everything [...]

Finally got the chance to go out and shoot some portraits with the Sony 70-300mm F4.5-5.6 G SSM out that Chung Hom Kok today.  Weather a bit overcast but still managed to take some decent pics. Click the following pics for a larger pic. 1/400sec, F5.6, ISO 800, Lens Focal Length 300mm 1/320sec, F5.6, ISO 800, [...]

Would you like to participate or find out more about Self Portrait Saturdays? Click here!   Have any of you tried this thing? It’s called My Virtual Model. You can click here for the link. You put in your height and weight and body shape and it will make a virtual model of your body. Unfortunately, [...]

A semblance of the New Heath Ledger won the people’s pick honor at Australia’s Archibald Prize Exhibition on Thursday. More than 32,000 grouping voted in the rivalry – thoughtful digit of Australia’s most striking prowess prizes. The painting, titled “Heath,” was created by Ledger’s friend, Vincent Fantauzzo, presently before the actor’s death. According to a representative for [...]

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Lately breeding of exotic animals has become popular here in Latvia. I have already posted picture from an ostrich farm, now this is from place named Rakši where you can relax, do some activities like paintball or just have a walking tour with these animals. They will bring your picnic bags and you will have a possibility to relax and feel like in Peru. Almost. I mean landscape is not the same. ;)

Lately breeding of exotic animals has become popular here in Latvia. I have already posted picture from an ostrich farm, now this is from place named Rakši where you can relax, do some activities like paintball or just have a walking tour with these animals. They will bring your picnic bags and you will have a possibility to relax and feel like in Peru. Almost. I mean landscape is not the same. ;)

Ομοφυλόφιλος, διανοούμενος, προκλητικός, φαύλος, ανήθικος, διεστραμμένος, ο άνθρωπος που αντιτέθηκε στις αγκυλωμένες "αξίες" της κοινωνίας με τίμημα την ίδια του την ελευθερία, ο ορισμός του "Celebrity", ο πλέον φωτογραφισμένος άνθρωπος του 19ου αιώνα...Και τι δεν έχει ειπωθεί, για τον σπουδαίο Ιρλανδό συγγραφέα! Ακόμη και το γνωστότερο βιβλίο του - Περί του "Πορτρέτου" ο λόγος - άκουσε τα μύρια όσα... Ο ίδιος ο συγγραφέας μπροστά στους κριτικούς

Here's something that's been fun that I've been waiting until the right moment to share. Enzie Shamiri is a portrait painter and a couple months ago she approached me about painting my portrait. The thought scared me silly--the very idea of having to stare at my face up on the wall was a terrifying thought but right after that first flash of fear passed I got pretty excited about the possibility of having a portrait of one of my children painted.Do people even get portraits painted anymore? What a romantic, thrilling concept--and I got giggly just thinking about it.The hard part is that Ms. Shamiri of course prefers to work from a live subject rather than a photo but since Andrew wouldn't let me send any of the kids to stay with her for several months while the portrait was being painte

My family and I joined the memberships of several societies this past month…I am very pleased to post….. American Watercolor Society (AWS) - American Watercolor Society was formed in New York in 1866. The organization promotes the art of watercolor painting in America and holds international exhibitions. Portrait Society of America (PSOA) - purpose [...]

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Would you like to participate or find out more about Self Portrait Saturdays? Click here! This is a pic I took of me and the hubbs. Yes, my hubbs wears hats with skulls on them. He thinks he is a pirate. Don’t ask. At least I didn’t post the one I took right after that where it [...]

The Lord's Prayer and a praying Jesus stand out against a peaceful mountain photo background. This Lord's Prayer Portrait comes in a pewter tone, standing, metal picture frame with velveteen easel back. This Lord's Prayer Portrait will be a striking addition to any room in your home or a splendid inspirational gift!It's easy to enter. Just submit a comment to this post that shares your thoughts on the value of daily prayer in your life.Blog Contest Rules: Contest start 5/1/08 and and the last day to enter is 5/31/08. One entry will be selected randomly from all entries to win the Lord's Prayer Portrait. Limited to one entry per person from USA residents 18 years of age or older. All posts are submitted for approval and will not be posted and will be disqualified if they do not contain the

It's that time again. We put our school books away until mid-summer, (we take our summer break in Spring when the sun won't melt our retinas), and I work hard to promote my portrait business. And guess what? In order to round up a few orders while we are taking a break from school, I've decided to host another giveaway. I've done this in the past and with great success, I might add. I felt a

From: Why It's Time to Rethink the 70s by Bruce Schulman and Julian Zelizer Another reason for the scholarly bias against the 1970s concerns the peculiar focus of political historians. Scholars still tend to focus on presidents, their top advisers, and the exercise of executive power. As a result, the 1960s--a period that features the Camelot of John F. Kennedy and the tragedy of Lyndon Johnson--or the "Reagan Revolution" of the 1980s attracted more interest than a decade filled with corrupt or lackluster presidencies. Bob Dole, the long-time Senate Republican Leader and 1996 presidential nominee neatly, summarized this view when he described Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon respectively as "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and just Evil." While recent scholarsh

Portrait photography is “clicking the person not the pictures of the person”. Portrait photographs should have full of life in them, i.e. it should be natural. You should not pose for a portrait photograph. Portrait photographs highlight the facial expressions of models. So, lighting is very important for warmer skin tones of the [...]

Visivelmente influenciado por Saudek e Joel-Peter Witkin, Maleonn apresenta um trabalho simultaneamente perturbador e mágico. Transgredindo frequentemente os padrões de moral estabelecidos ainda nos faz sorrir criando imagens caricaturadas de situações, obras e pessoas.

It's a snap for Kim Kardashian, who puts her new swag – a Casio digital camera – to use on her way in to the Maxim Style Awards bash Wednesday at Hollywood club Avalon. Inside, the socialite mingled with guests including Heroes star Masi Oka and Gabrielle Union.see more Kim Kardashian picture on people.com

Something - someone - that I haven't written about it in a long time: my nephew, Tanner. He's dying. He has an aggressive form of muscular dystrophy - Duchenne's muscular dystrophy - and it's become painfully clear over the past few months that his is a more aggressive form of an already aggressive terminal disorder, which is why I haven't written about it in so long. It's too painful. He can no longer walk, at all. The muscles in his legs have deteriorated to the point where they are no longer able to carry him forward. His lungs and his heart are going to fail him in this way, too, but there's no wheelchair for the lungs or the heart.He's only eight years old. This is all happening much too quickly. For us, for him.His mother is my sister, my only sibling. If you'd asked me, say, twenty

Would you like to participate or find out more about Self Portrait Saturdays? Click here!   Okay, for the first Self Portrait Saturday, I will go over a little bit of what it’s about and then I get to talking about my pictures. If you want to get the code for Self Portrait Saturday CLICK HERE!  Rules to [...]

I am starting a new meme called Self Portrait Saturdays. I am hoping all my readers will show their support by joining in or at least help by promoting it! I understand this is incredibly short notice, but you can take a picture of your hand, your hair, even just the color of your eyes. [...]

The National Portrait Gallery have announced the four artists short-listed this year for one of Britain's most prestigious art prizes - the BP Portrait Award. The backgrounds to both artist and portrait are explained below. The portrait they painted in the above montage is indicated in brackets after their name, the title of the work and the media and size. Simon Davis for Portrait of

That’s me. In ASCII. Isn’t that cool? You know, ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), pronounced /ˈæski/[1] is a character encoding based on the English alphabet. ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that work with text. I hope you’ll still be my friend after this revelation of the depth of my geekiness. If you like ASCII, get your ASCII portrait here. That is all.

One of my sad little secrets is that I hate getting my children's pictures taken. Sure I take snapshots of them all the time but getting them bathed, dressed and marched down to the portrait studio at the mall just so I can pay Hannah Montana behind the camera beaucoup bucks to capture them grimacing in unison hasn't been high on my priorities list.Inevitably we get there and one of the kids has dried gum on their lips, has forgot their tie or has decorated their neck with temporary tattoos the night before. Oh, and there was the time that Spencer wanted to see what would happen if he stuck the tube from the central vacuum to his cheek while it was sucking. Three words: world's largest hickey.It just seemed to tempt fate whenever a picture was scheduled--and don't get me started on scho

This week I finally finished the gulls in the grass (helped by the fact that the schools' went back), started the next and final painting for the bird book (gulls again!) and also completed this painting of a pony. I hadn't noticed until I saw it on the computer screen that because of his markings and the angle, it could almost be a black pony with a strange white area behind it or a piebald.

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‘My name is Major General Peter Cosgrove. My task is to restore peace and order to East Timor. I plan to carry out that mission.’ - General Peter Cosgrove General Cosgrove’s leadership of the Peacekeeping Force in East Timor saw him become the face of the Australian digger and our well-loved and best-known General since World [...]

Mrs. Johnson decided to have her own portrait painted by a very famous artist. She told the artist, “Paint me with 3- carat diamond earrings, a large diamond necklace, glimmering emerald bracelets, and a beautiful red ruby pendant.” “But ma’am, you are not wearing any of those things.” “I know,” said Mrs. Johnson. “My health is not good [...]

4"X6" Oil on panel It has been many years since I have attempted a self-portrait and the intervening years have not been kind. The result is both more and less hideous than the reality and even more humbling than this daily painting exercise is wont to be anyway. Is my face really that long? Probably not, although long and narrow has always been one of its defining characteristics. Nonetheless, I need to do more portraits and life studies and the self-portrait is the time-honoured method for honing that skill. I used a small make-up mirror, I was tempted to use the other side which would have given me a more abstract and even less recognizable picture, I may try that another time. I think I am going to try to do a self portrait every week or so in various different media. Update on the

Scarlett Johansson at Theo Kingma portrait session at The Other Boleyn Girl. Visit site for more fresh celebrity photos, candids, photoshoots, gossip, rumors, paparazzi pictures, entertainment news

Did you know it was not until the mid 1400s, when mirrors became more popular, that visual artists dared to refer to themselves as main subjects in their own work of art? Approximately 500 years later vocabulary of human culture was dramatically changed and self-portraits were already a popular form of expression. Used by true groundbreakers to express the zeitgeist of the pre-World War I and

New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Behind the politician lurks a movie buff. Lal Krishna Advani, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate, loves to watch films when he is not busy firming up political strategy for his party.

I finally succeeded with my backdrop! This one is all grey, as you can see. I wish it had been larger, but it worked nonetheless. Here was the set-up: Mr. Comedian* slid into my viewfinder between the graduates. I figured he wouldn't mind too much being on my blog. :) *Not his real name, in case you wondered. (Post script: I have recieved the pictures and they have been delivered to most

This almost didn't get posted this morning. Once taken, the ball of chaos started tearing apart the clean pile of laundry. Wheeeee Aiden Self Portrait, 19 months Aiden has become adept at clicking the shutter on the camera. This picture was taken pretty much by himself. 9:03 a.m. April 6, 2008 Click the image or a larger version

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  Congratulations to Marc & Phoebe featured on the Monthly  WPPI  Newsletter. Got Marc’s Email today and just had to share it.. take a look at the photos. Message from Marc: We are so happy and thankful that the editor of Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) featured us as their member of the month for April. Read the article here: [...]

This elephant picks up a paintbrush and paints a picture of an elephant holding a flower. Or at least, that's what appears to happen.Anyways good time pass if you are getting bored. LinkIf you liked this post , subscribe to meta squad's full feed or get upcoming posts by email.

It's not a plateau, it's just a very, very, very, very slight decline by Scott Mowbray Eleven pounds in 11 weeks: At this point, I have to accept the dreary fact that it’s going to take me six... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Australian Shepherd, oil, 8x10, commission, SOLD Border Collie, oil, 11x14, Private collection Black & White Springer Spaniel, oil, 8x10, available, $250 Golden Retriever, oil, 8x10, available, $250 Yorkie, oil, 8x10, available $250 Golden Puppy, oil, 8x10, available $250Here's another side to my work, pet portraits. As you can see I paint dogs mostly, though I'm perfectly amiable to painting other types of critters. The first one, the Australian Shepherd Polly is my most recent commission. The Border Collie is my own dog, Maggie. I painted that very shortly after we adopted her from the shelter, and I'm so glad I did. When our previous two dogs Chip and Dale crossed the Rainbow Bridge just about a year apart, at ages 14 and 15, I was heartbroken, but Iwas very glad that I had several

Hi, Miguel Please stop calling me. If you persist, I will not be held responsible for what I will do. That will entail stringing you along for the next two or three months, using you as a substitute for Victor. You don’t want it. Hell, I don’t want it. So stop now. Please understand that when I [...]

The place is the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Elephants have been known to draw using sticks and other things found in jungles before so this isn’t something very new. But still if you... This is just a summary of the real stuff ..click on the link to see the full post on :)

  FREMONT, Calif., March 28 /PRNewswire/ — Drawing Hand Creations is pleased to announce the release of a free screen saver that draws a portrait of Barack Obama. The screen saver utilizes a proprietary drawing engine that replays drawings created with the ArtStudio Drawing Program. Originally designed for people who appreciate art, the screen saver has [...]

This portrait of Steve Jobs is made from images of Apple products.The potrait originally made in December 2007 and corrected in February 2008 to include the latest Apple products including MacBook Air, iPod nano pink and etc.More related:Celebrities Text Potrait ArtRecycled Train Tickets Mona Lisa PortraitBruce Lee Art By Phil HansenHole Punch ArtDrawing With HTML CodeVideo Game Mosaic WallsAmazing Vegetables ArtCanned Food Sculptures Largest 3D Street PaintingLife Size Knitted FerrariSculptures Made From Typewriter Parts Shoes Art Created By Federico UribeWebsites Logo Tattoo For AdvertisingButter Sculpture Made From 900 Pounds ButterLondon Tower Bridge Model With 1.6 Million Matches

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So I've been seeing this challenge around the blogosphere. A self portrait first thing in the morning. I know you have all been wondering "Is Honeybell taking part? Will we be lucky enough to see her crusty eyes and fuzzy teeth? I've always wondered what she looks like with no spackle!"Well, we can all exhale now. Sweetney began this dare, and I'm never one to forgo a double dog dare. This is me, upon waking. I warn you, I really HATE mornings (Click to make larger):And yes that is a poodle on my head. thankyouverymuchThese lovely ladies have also bared their morning faces, go see!SweetneyHer Bad MotherOh The JoysIzzyMomMrs. FlingerMother BumperMamaloguesBreed Em and WeepRedneck MommySarcastic MomNow what about you? All you have to do is take a self portrait first thing in the mor

So I've been seeing this challenge around the blogosphere. A self portrait first thing in the morning. I know you have all been wondering "Is Honeybell taking part? Will we be lucky enough to see her crusty eyes and fuzzy teeth? I've always wondered what she looks like with no spackle!"Well, we can all exhale now. Sweetney began this dare, and I'm never one to forgo a double dog dare. This is me, upon waking. I warn you, I really HATE mornings (Click to make larger):And yes that is a poodle on my head. thankyouverymuchThese lovely ladies have also bared their morning faces, go see!SweetneyHer Bad MotherOh The JoysIzzyMomMrs. FlingerMother BumperMamaloguesBreed Em and WeepRedneck MommySarcastic MomNow what about you? All you have to do is take a self portrait first thing in the mor

Tutorial from: -tutorial/ayshwarya-ray-photo.php Step 1. First of all I opened this photo in Adobe Photoshop. I used the command Image ->Adjustments -> Levels ( or in layer palette the fourth one button from left *create new fill or adjustment layers) to make the image brighter. Step 2. Then I call the command Filters -> AKVIS [...]

I used to be a regular over at Self-Portrait Challenge until I realized that, um, I am a really crappy photographer. Still, it’s one of the coolest weekly bloggity things out there. This month’s theme of “Political” does make me want to crawl up into a little hole and die, but since it’s “Memival Week” at [...]

There is so much currency in a happy song, enough to even tilt exchange rates in your favour if it successfully recalls bands like the incomparable Sunday’s (listen to the light charge of them acoustic guitars). Northern Portrait are a brand new band from Copenhagen and are signed to that treasure chest of jangle pop Matinée Recordings. ‘Crazy’ is the lead song from their debut ‘The Fallen Aristocracy’ EP and if it could be bottled you’d have a fortune-making de facto happy pill on your hands. Because we are living in the real world though it may be better to swing open the doors and give the birds in the trees a 3 minute break from their sweet tweeting. And you know the best thing, behind the sweet sounds lies a disarming description of some not-so-well controlled psychotic b

Probably the first thing to be said about portrait lenses is that you can take a portrait with just about any lens ever made. However some lenses tend to give better results than others, which is the point of this article.It's mostly about perspective. For "normal" portraits, does the lens render the image the way that you normally experience it - in other words does the portrait actually look like the person being portrayed? If it does then the lens might be considered a good portrait lens. If it doesn't, it would be more of a "special effects" lens. Now some people think that it's the focal length of the lens that governs perspective, but they'd be wrong. If you compare normal rectilinear lenses (i.e. not with fisheye lenses), the perspective is determined only by your distance from the

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pin curls protest petticoats bold beads bounce with boas ruby rhapsody stacked heels- tippity- toe tap to the chipper Charleston fearless fringe flails under sultry spaghetti straps fancy feathers tethered to sparkling sequin bands lopped off locks and bound breasts contrast luscious lips and lengthy lashes graceful gloved fingers fiddle with flasks sips and swigs of starlight insolence the first tantalizing taste of tumult since the [...]

We are lucky to have two models on Wednesday mornings. Usually I choose one to paint, but today I decided to bring an umber Cretacolor stick, white conte, and a 9×12″ MiTientes pad, and sketch them both.

Is this Wednesday Wordless?  Well.  Not really.  But at least it will have photos in it…  Back on Monday, March 10th, the always awesome Sweetney showed us her real, first thing in the morning self. That’s right.  Just after waking, no make-up, no hair primpin’ - no nothin’ extra. Can I just say I LOVE a woman who’s not [...]

A new portrait (right) of famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was found. The oil painting measures 19 inches by 14 inches. It was bought by an American collector in 2005 from a descendent of Johann Lorenz Hagenauer who is said to be a close friend of Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang's father.The picture has been authenticated by Professor Cliff Eisen, a music scholar at King's College London. He described it as "arguably the most important Mozart portrait to be discovered" since the composer's death in 1791. Prof Eisen, who is to present his findings to academics at the Royal Musical Association on Saturday, said: "It is only the fourth known authentic portrait of him from the Vienna years, the period of his greatest professional successes and greatest compositional achievements." Link

"Portrait of Ayn Rand" by Robert Tracy I have long regarded Robert Tracy as one of the best and easiest to admire artists. His excellent technical skills are coupled with wonderful insight and value."Robert Tracy is a self-taught romantic-realist artist. At the time he began his art career, non-objective art held a near monopoly to the claim of serious art. The art schools were among the staunchest supporters of that monopoly. The choice was to get on board or go your own way. Robert Tracy went his own way. What is that world? For the most part, it is a world of peace and absorption...Though there can be drama, there is little conflict and usually no social interaction." ―Robert Knapp, Ph.D. "Robert Tracy's work is clear and straight forward, beautiful colors, and precise drawing. The

“God Damn America” Obama’s pastor, a portrait of hatred from the pulpit You have to see the video of Rev Jeremiah Wright’s sermon to get the full impact of his vitriolic ” ranting “. A word that is, by the way, derogatory in the extreme–whatever youthful bloggers may think. If, that is, they know how to [...]