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l portraits and a few of those early drawings i d framed deciding to use pencil for the portrait moses in the sun pencil b e kazmarski i had a gray tabby named moses who i d sketched in pencil and while the full color nearly full size and realistic portraits caught their eye and brought them in to talk to me a portrait of their girls how exciting they had to have one it was the little pencil sketch of moses that really convinced them plus they wanted a fairly large portrait to go over their fireplace and had the idea of a long and narrow one to fill the space in full color with two subjects and then framing that would be rather expensive even in those days i have always charged less for monochromatic drawing media such as pencil charcoal and ink simply because while i may spend as much time in the planning as i do for a color portrait i spend much less time in the actual rendering sleeping beauty my sally pencil b e kazmarski my love for drawing in pencil i was also secretly glad because i have always been most confident in pencil i often refer to it here as my first and favorite medium because i began drawing with my mother s no 2 pencils when i was very young and when i returned to drawing in my early 30s at the very beginning of this career i again picked up a pencil and began drawing read about sally and sleeping beauty my first drawing which was also in my display that day even today most often my daily sketches are in pencil because i can pick one up and begin to sketch as if the pencil itself is thinking for me i think this was my second commissioned portrait the other was pastel and went along fine but i was still nervous at being able to perform and i just knew i could do it in pencil performance anxiety aside we were also considering two gray tabby cats and what could be better for them than pencil i could just picture it and i think they could as well planning the portrait i visited them after the show to meet and photograph the girls and see their place a nice sunny newer condo with a great room and fireplace at one end perfect for a portrait of scarlett and melanie at that time when portraits were just subject with no background i literally had nothing in the background but the drawing surface and i often used colored drawing paper so i always matched the color to the subject in this case i thought a color would be nice and suggested a pale blue to which they agreed when we estimated the size however the drawing would be wider than my largest sheet of drawing paper no problem i would use mat board which had a laid finish much the same as my drawing paper just a little coarser in the bag pencil b e kazmarski and then positioning the girls the possibilities were wide open they were very active and playful very social and we talked at length about what habits they would want to immortalize scarlett had a habit of playing the ceiling stare game and was also always bobbing her nose around to get a good scent usually in order to find th nearest catnip toy they had seen a sketch of my sally in a paper bag and mentioned that melanie loved paper bags and they even had a photo of her in one but should they have something silly like this in a portrait sure why not portraits don t have to be formal things they need to be what you want to remember i remember doing a quick little rough layout of the two so they could see what i had in mind don t know where this is now and determined they d be darned near life size the mats would be deeper shades of blue and black core mats the ones that is black on the beveled edge and the frame would be a particular walnut with a blue wash that i had used on one of my own paintings detail of melanie with blue collar and green eyes in the detail above you can see a rather hard shadow of melanie s head on the side of the bag i have since learned not to be so literal with photos used in portraits today i d either soften or eliminate this but i wasn t confident enough then to make changes that might look unnatural i completed the portrait and invited them to my studio actually my living room at that time to see their portrait they excitedly approved and then had one more request could i add a little color for a particular reason since the girls were nearly identical they kept two different color collars on them scarlett of course was red and melanie was blue we did joke about a union kitty since melanie wilkes was a southern girl could i add just a little color to their collars just to make it clear which was whom no problem watercolor would take care of that i added the color later after they had left looking at it i decided it looked a little unbalanced now and their eyes should have color as well i called them with the idea and they agreed it would be fine detail of scarlett with red collar and green eyes i apologize for the quality of the detail shots they are cropped out of the full portrait and are about as clear as they can be from scanning the print of the photo in some cases i can scan the negative with better result and if i manage to do so i ll update the images and post an update to this post i have done a number of other pencil portraits as well and you can find some of them by browsing at the links below pencil has always been difficult to photograph and only in the past year or two have i become at all proficient with lighting the paper to avoid shadows and flashed areas so i m working on rephotographing all the ones i can in the future i ll feature those as well take a look at other portraits and read other stories read articles here on the creative cat featuring current and past commissioned portraits read about how i create commissioned portraits commissioned cat portraits commissioned dog portraits visit my website to see portraits of my cats commissioned cats commissioned dogs people and a demonstration of how i put a portrait together from photos all images used on this site are copyrighted to bernadette e kazmarski unless otherwise noted and may not be used without my written permission please ask if you are interested in purchasing one as a print or to use in a print or internet publication share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading portrait in the sink why not posted april 11 2012 author bernadette filed under animal artwork cat artwork cat painting commissioned portrait feline artwork grief pastel pet portrait portrait spare kitty room tags cat artwork cat painting commissioned portrait pet portrait portrait portrait of cat in sink 5 comments madison in the sink pastel b e kazmarski yes he s really in the sink i m so pleased with this pose when i work with a customer for a portrait i ask them what comes to mind when they think about their animal companion i advise them to choose a pose and setting as close to that visual as we can devise using my own portraits as examples it s nice to have a formal setting where we can see every stripe and spot and whisker and sometimes this is entirely appropriate depending on the subject s personality but if they had a cute or quirky habit that can be illustrated into a portrait we should do it madison s person is the person i grew up next door to but haven t seen in years after she moved away for employment and then my mother moved out of her house and i sold it we reconnected and managed to get our mothers together for one last visit before each fell too deep into dementia to travel around she had also told me she would bring photos of madison and that she s like to have me do his portrait how wonderful to find out she s just as much an animal person as me i always let my customer make the decisions for the portrait but if i see a good photo i ll put in my vote without hesitation he looked so natural in the sink and i loved his expression oh he was always in that sink she remarked so here he is she lost madison who was her first cat to diabetes at only eight years old she didn t have too many photos but this pose was definitely a winner not just because he s cute in the sink although he is but also because it will make her laugh when she looks at it and what better healing for the grief of loss than to remember with a smile i m so glad to know that another person a special friend has a portrait that shows their animal companion as they want to remember them close up of madison animal fur is different from human skin and because of texture and pattern it looks different in every photo you ll see in each of madison s photos the details of his face were lighter or darker the area on his chest had a collar and tag in one photo and not in another these are common things to work around and from both experience and real life i can fill in the details it just so happens that i am fostering a big tabby cat who looks so much like madison and has been a great model and who came in just as i was finishing that it must have been meant to be what i always do in building a subject especially one i never met is to work from the photos until i feel that i know my subject and the photos start to get in the way then i put them away and work with nothing but what i see with my creative eye that s when the essence of the personality is instilled in the portrait and every time i m amazed at what s taken life on the paper and i know by the reaction of the person who s come to look at the work i never delude myself to think that a portrait can take the place of a real live animal but it can certainly help with grief through the years many customers have contacted me to let me know how much it means to have the portrait in their home that they greet the portrait or talk to it or visit it when they are feeling overwhelmed with loss even that other cats have reacted to it the portraits work for me i have several of my own to visit but on a lighter note here is a detail shot of the faucet all that illustration experience really paid off detail of faucet why not take a look at other portraits and read other stories read articles here on the creative cat featuring current and past commissioned portraits read about how i create commissioned portraits commissioned cat portraits commissioned dog portraits visit my website to see portraits of my cats commissioned cats commissioned dogs people and a demonstration of how i put a portrait together from photos all images used on this site are copyrighted to bernadette e kazmarski unless otherwise noted and may not be used without my written permission please ask if you are interested in purchasing one as a print or to use in a print or internet publication share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new 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we start now i also remind people that pet parents are parents as well and qualify for gifts in honor of these two holidays so why not celebrate with a gift from your animal children while a custom commissioned portrait is a really unique gift sometimes you can t get the photos or you d rather let the recipient design the portrait they want i offer gift certificates for portraits in any denomination but usually suggest 125 00 because it is the basic cost of a portrait one subject in an area of about 10 x 12 depending on the subject matter the recipient is responsible for any amount the portrait costs over 125 00 for our grandparents from 1992 how about all the children together animal and human and even though i specialize in animals i also paint people and several times have painted portraits of people and their pets i only have a few samples because some customers have requested privacy when the subjects were children and others haven t given permission to be on the internet how the certificate works the certificate itself is 8 5 x 11 and features a collage of portrait images with the recipient s and giver s names printed on parchment cover stock the whole thing is packaged in a pocket folder and includes a brochure a letter from me to the recipient and several business cards the certificate package can be easily mailed or wrapped as a gift and shipped directly to your recipient if you need your certificate in a hurry let me know when you make your purchase give me the name of the recipient and the holiday event if any and i ll e mail you pdfs of the certificate thank you letter and brochure so that you can print them out or forward them in e mail please make sure you give me the e mail where you want to receive them especially if they are a surprise christie on her warm towel prices are quoted per job and include only the drawing no mat or framing this is extra see below portraits start at 125 00 per subject for a color 8 x 10 prices increase according to size and complexity of work adding a background extra objects toys etc and additional subjects are extra according to their complexity i reserve the right to limit the content according to the finished size so that the subjects don t become so small that details are impossible and remember i can only do so much with some photographs framing is charged as a separate item and we can discuss the framing when you contract for your portrait shadow casey and ralph a mother s day gift certificate can be used for other subjects as well animal artwork is not limited to pictures of your own pets but may include pictures of any sort wildlife images for instance in addition to portraits of your pets i also offer portraits of your people your house or any other item of which you may want a portrait i can always hold on to a portrait until a holiday birthday or other event arrives and i can keep a secret if the portrait is a gift you are helping a long list of animal shelters and rescues your purchase of a certificate supports many s...