Eloise

Meet Eloise. Betsy, the woman whose child I keep was so pleased with the portrait of her daughter I did (the post below) that she asked me to do a portrait of her friends child as a birthday gift for her friend. Wow, that may or may not have been a run-on sentence. I have to admit, I am loving drawing these portraits! I have so much fun watching it turn into what it becomes and discovering new techniques or new ways to do certain things.

With this one I got to experiment with drawing velvet. I'm pleased with how it turned out! What a cutie.

I've been working on another portrait of some friends of mine (as a gift for them) in which I've discovered that i don't particularly like drawing grown people. It might have been because of the certain picture. They were set further back in the picture which made the details difficult to draw. I wouldn't mind conquering that obstacle.

I might be sticking with super close figures though. The detail you can get out of close up images are fun to work with. The more detail you can get the better the drawing will be.

I'll keep an update on the drawing of my friends. Hopefully I won't be too embarrassed to post it up here when it's done.

Next to come are some images that I did for one of my best friends. I shot her wedding photos this past weekend and will post a preview after I've edited a few. Get excited! It was my first ever wedding to shoot and let me tell you! it was more work than I ever thought it would be and I still have to edit them!

Until next time friends!

-Rach