A NICE LITTLE PORTRAIT

I've been developing and experimenting with the notan style of drawing and have been quite successful with the outcome. This is my latest portrait done for a friend of the family of their little girl, Nicki. What I enjoyed most about this work was the preparation for it. Originally the photo was an indoor shot with a rug as a background. So with the magic of Photoshop 6.0 I placed the little girl in an English garden along with the white rabbit.

As always the proceeds from my paintings/drawings will go to the Holy Cross Orthodox Church where the money will go to much better use than I could ever find for it. It is, after all, the only way I can give back a little for the wonderful gift of art that was given to me.

INCREASING MY KNOWLEDGE

Having had a few days between commissions I decided to continue fine tuning my new found love, notan drawing. I haven't done a self portrait in years and thought maybe now is as good a time as any to put my skills to the test. So I set up the tripod and aimed my Panasonic DMC-FZ5 digital camera at some imaginary spot in space and stepped in front of the lens. And here it is, three hours later immortalized on paper.



















I'm about to start another drawing for my friend Senta who by any standards is one of the most beautiful gals that's ever graced the big and little screen. We're still in the early stages of the composition and need to iron out the few bugs remaining but I'm anxious to get started on it.

Speaking of Senta, I sent a couple of photos to my best friend Luke and she now has another admirer. Let's see if I can't find some more for her.


















Here she is in one of her publicity stills with all that curly hair and big lovely eyes. She's amazingly young looking for her age which most of us would kill for. And then on her tv show "Greek" the sorority gals did a make-over on Senta's character and came up with this new look for her.

















To quote Luke, "she's gorgeous!" Who am I to argue? After all, she is my muse - my Beatrice - and also my buddy.