Now that the day is past and I posted the portrait on her Facebook page, I can also post here the portrait I did of my cousin Karen and her critters for her birthday today. I got a little conflicted while doing this—I started it in my sketchbook and was going to do a traditional portrait, but my new methods sneaked in while I was drawing the eyes, so this is kind of a hybrid of old and new styles. I loved the photo she shared last week of her cat and her bunny having a staredown, so I included them in the portrait. Karen has a particularly engaging smile, and I think catching that gave this a close likeness, even though the eyes were exaggerated.
Pencil, watercolors, Uniball pen, in my Bee multimedia sketchbook.
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