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May 15 '08 by DaniellesGarden

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Commissioned... Done

So Ive got a new commission. First one in a LONG time actually. A portrait of some guy, this guy, lol..

It will be realistic, and done in watercolor. a collaboration with my husband. He will do the drawing and I will be painting. We've done this bunches of times before, but its been quite some time since we have done one.

but Im happy I get to paint again for a change.

Just thought I would share

Update I started it. husband got the drawing and I started the guy, and a touch of the landscape. My husband will paint that tractor thing I think.. not sure yet. anyway here are some update pics..

close-up of the face.. well just remember its meant to be viewed from afar..

update 2 the figure is done.. yay. next Ill work on the sky and landscape

these pics arent that great.. oh well. just imagine them a little more contrasty.

update 3 My part is done. put in the landscape and sky, now hubby has to do the tractor thing. all in all Im happy with how it is so far. Now I just have to close my eyes and forget about it till my husband is finished. When he is, I will post a pic of the finished piece.

update 4 So my husband got another commission, so it was decided that I would just finish this myself, so he could do the other one. here is an update of where I stopped last night.

done finally

Malcolm Man on May 15 '08 at 10:19pm

Awesome! I love it when I get to do something out of the ordinary work!

mezo on May 15 '08 at 10:21pm

Ever since I can remember I've been poppin' my collar.

Ste7en on May 15 '08 at 10:21pm

I hardly ever get traditional commission work. I think my last painting (traditional) was a year ago.

mezo on May 15 '08 at 10:21pm

Ever since I can remember I've been poppin' my collars.

DaniellesGarden on May 15 '08 at 10:25pm

lol.. I think I would have done the whole painting without noticing the popped collar.. now thats all I will be thinking about.. thanks mezo!

20 days later

DaniellesGarden on Jun 05 '08 at 2:44pm

thought I'd add a little update.

SoulfumeInc on Jun 05 '08 at 2:50pm

wow, nice work Danielle. its looking really good so far

DaniellesGarden on Jun 05 '08 at 3:12pm

thanks soul

DaniellesGarden on Jun 06 '08 at 9:54am

update 2..

next up the landscape and sky

sonmi on Jun 06 '08 at 10:02am

looking great!

littlem on Jun 06 '08 at 10:11am

whoa! you're good!! :D

DaniellesGarden on Jun 06 '08 at 10:12am

thanks.. Im hoping I can get the landscape part done by tomorrow. then Ill let my husband take over and do the manly tractor bits.

I dont even know if that is a tractor. lol, whatever..

Malcolm Man on Jun 06 '08 at 10:13am

Wow, that's coming along really well.

Your painting skillz are superior to my own!

heyheyitsme on Jun 06 '08 at 10:15am

very nice!!! there's a lot of shadow in his face in the photo, i was wondering how that would progress? are you going in darker with it? it looks great now! that's nice you and your husband can collaborate on it:)

DaniellesGarden on Jun 06 '08 at 10:20am

thanks malcolm. nah, not superior.. different. I love your style!

heyhey, no im not going any darker, i decided that before even starting, that i wasnt going to go anywhere near as dark as in the picture.

yeah, Im a little nervous, only because we really have different styles. Hes an awesome artist but he tends to use watercolor as if it were acrylic, and then wants to add gouache to it for lights which is a big no no by my book. so its going to be tough to hand this over, when we do collabs together usually its just for ourselves, for fun, this is the first one we are doing for a commission.
so we will just see. he already did the drawing though, so it would still be a collab even if i painted that tractor right? lol..

heyheyitsme on Jun 06 '08 at 10:22am

why are you doing the collab on the painting if your styles are so different? that would make me nervous on a commissioned piece:)

DaniellesGarden on Jun 06 '08 at 10:23am

lol.. because it was requested.

heyheyitsme on Jun 06 '08 at 10:35am

good luck then!!:)

DaniellesGarden on Jun 06 '08 at 11:05am

ha ha.. thanks it will be fine.

DaniellesGarden on Jun 07 '08 at 5:42pm

done with my part.. now its my husbands turn.

DaniellesGarden on Jun 07 '08 at 9:04pm

FYI, I think it will be a while before I update this again, he's sort of a procrastinator, and this isnt actually "due" until august..

Amy Kollar Anderson on Jun 08 '08 at 10:50am

Very cool! It looks like it will turn out beautifully! You totally captured his expression.

Malcolm Man on Jun 08 '08 at 10:56am

Cool. I'm very impressed.

When I'm old and wrinkly, I'll commission you to do a portrait of myself.

Only, I want to be standing on top of a dragon's head With like...a sword and a naked lady.

opifan64 on Jun 08 '08 at 11:03am

going great.... the expression is perfect

DaniellesGarden on Jun 08 '08 at 11:11am

thanks guys. im actually more used to painting babies and children for portraits, so this was different, but oddly the same being a lot of babies look like old people.

DaniellesGarden on Jun 08 '08 at 11:14am

ie:

herky on Jun 08 '08 at 11:33am

terrific work

DaniellesGarden on Jun 08 '08 at 12:39pm

thanks herky

heyheyitsme on Jun 09 '08 at 10:59pm

you handle watercolor very well:)

Malcolm Man on Jun 09 '08 at 11:03pm

Danielle, I have no idea why you are not subbing using water colors.

DaniellesGarden on Jun 09 '08 at 11:14pm

Malcolm, probably because I paint portraits of old people and babies. I could try something though I guess.

oh check my guess the score blog there is a message for you there. or will be soon.

9 days later

DaniellesGarden on Jun 19 '08 at 11:34am

Update 4. Im finishing it instead of hubby. lol

Lonkiponk on Jun 19 '08 at 11:42am

You obviously know how to use water colours, so even though you will use them on a different subject when you do a design for a shirt it will work out,
I would say, give it a try.

That baby painting is amazing.
How big is it?

DaniellesGarden on Jun 19 '08 at 11:52am

Im trying to remember, I think the baby was 14 x 20 might have been 18 x 24 though.

I think if I were to do a watercolor sub, I would have to use a different paper than normal. maybe clayboard or just a less rough paper. so that the texture of the paper doesnt show too much, maybe a few subs down the road i will try.

heyheyitsme on Jun 19 '08 at 12:14pm

good, i'm glad you're finishing it:) i'm all for watercolor purity!! let him go guache something else--he he!

DaniellesGarden on Jun 19 '08 at 12:15pm

HA!

heyheyitsme on Jun 19 '08 at 12:15pm

i meant "gouache"!!

DaniellesGarden on Jun 19 '08 at 12:25pm

gouache has its place, its just not in my watercolors.

4 days later

DaniellesGarden on Jun 23 '08 at 9:15pm

done. :)

fat pigeon on Jun 23 '08 at 9:26pm

looks good. I need to get back in to water colors, I miss them.

DaniellesGarden on Jun 23 '08 at 9:38pm

thanks fp

DaniellesGarden on Jun 23 '08 at 9:38pm

oh and you should.. i love watercolors

heyheyitsme on Jun 23 '08 at 10:12pm

where's the photo of the finished piece??

heyheyitsme on Jun 23 '08 at 10:12pm

oops, just saw it...higher in the blog:)

heyheyitsme on Jun 23 '08 at 10:14pm

NICE JOB!!

DaniellesGarden on Jun 24 '08 at 7:20am

thanks hey.

Im glad to be done with it.

Im going to start painting more. I forgot how much I really enjoy it.

lunchboxbrain on Jun 24 '08 at 7:31am

very nice!

DaniellesGarden on Jun 24 '08 at 7:35am

thanks.. here they are next to eachother the original photograph (way to dark to paint it that way) and the final piece.

DaniellesGarden on Jun 24 '08 at 7:36am

ha, probably could have gone a bit darker.. but i think it looks ok.

heyheyitsme on Jun 24 '08 at 8:07am

you do very well with watercolor:) you SHOULD paint more!

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