Susie
 

This is a regular open studio model. Chris will know her right off. I was playing in charcoal which I have not done in a long time. I think it turned out well

Very nice, Debra. How long was the pose?

The open studios are three hours. I managed to make the whole session on this one. The piece is 11x14 or thereabouts.

I did two today. This is the second and not so successful

Debra,

These are great, I especially like the first one. You are surely one of the queens of this life study work.

Did you ever do any of that figurative work we talked about?

Both are very nice Debra, whispers of Schmid?

Gracias.
 

Thank you both!

The lucky thing for me is that they do the open studio in the day time in the summer so I am not able to do only people to quench the muse!
The aim toward figurative did get my piece, Comfort, into the National Watercolor Society Show tour for this year. I am taking photos with a new 10x digital eavesdropping on poses and using them more, but this year, a fortunate quirk began me painting animal portraits. 8x10 for $160 but I got myself allied with a few animal rescue groups and managed five or six. Still no big commissions or sales to speak of. The painting and I are getting along fine, the big problem is: Day job takes up the days where I need to be making contacts to sell the stuff I do all night!

Since this is not a critique, I am attaching my latest, a boxer.
(I am attaching the link as apparently even non-critique pups are verboten. )

And, heeding your advice.
 

From your previous thread, a sketch from a snapshot. LOTS more in the piece than the subject this time.

Debra,

I'll take that boxer for $160 until the cows come home!

I had a successful art dealer tell me (only half jokingly) that if something isn't selling as quickly as you'd like, to add a zero on the end of the price. I think that concept might apply to your pet portraits. They're worth far more than what you're charging, in my opinion!