When giving some a gift, there may always be risks involved. There's usually a waiting period before you learn if the gift was liked. The wait can especially be suspenseful when the recipient is the president of the United States. The Mount Airy resident, bringing her gift with her, had to sign a visitor's log in Room 45 at the Old Washington DC> A guard took delivery on the bag which contained a portrait of the President's horse, Little Man.
Animal portraits are the specialty of this artist who resided in Old National Pike with her family. After taking art courses in high school and animal portrait lessons, she turned her love of animals and a knack for portraiture into a business. After her son was born, she created her business and now it is very successful.
Using the photographs of the animals as her base, she uses pastels to them transform them into portraits. Her horse portraits are copies of show photos sometimes. After working with various animals such as horses, cats, dogs, a goat, parakeets and guinea pigs, she claims they all have a special place with her. Though she has does many portraits of animals, she is also interested in doing one for fishes and turtles. Sometimes she takes away things such as eye disease or makes the animals look younger so that the portraits are more pleasing to look at.
Asking the president's wife for pictures which can be her basis for painting little man, she says she wanted to do this for some time now. About six weeks later, she received a reply from the Special Assistant to the President and Director of Correspondence, along with some color publicity stills of the President with the horse. Working from the mailed photos was a deviation from her normal procedure. Generally, she would go visit the animal in person to get a better feel and image of the animal as pictures sometimes do not capture everything.
Even though the project was still being worked on, she received news of Little Ma's death. For her, she just wants the portrait to mean something to the president now. Wanting to finish her work, she then divided it into four stages. She proceed to make a pastel drawing which helped her identify which parts the dark, medium and light shadow tones were located. Following this, she added in some color blending it in with her fingers.
The next stage was to add the bland background and Little Man got a light blue one. The most crucial step was to make sure the portrait looked authentic. The artist spent many nights adding the details that would make the portrait look as authentic as possible.
She made the portrait of Little Man out of her own goodness. In Poolesville is where she stables her one and only horse. Included in her list of pets are a cat, a dog and a goat. Creating the portrait is one thing she will always remember especially since it was for the president.
Animal portraits are the specialty of this artist who resided in Old National Pike with her family. After taking art courses in high school and animal portrait lessons, she turned her love of animals and a knack for portraiture into a business. After her son was born, she created her business and now it is very successful.
Using the photographs of the animals as her base, she uses pastels to them transform them into portraits. Her horse portraits are copies of show photos sometimes. After working with various animals such as horses, cats, dogs, a goat, parakeets and guinea pigs, she claims they all have a special place with her. Though she has does many portraits of animals, she is also interested in doing one for fishes and turtles. Sometimes she takes away things such as eye disease or makes the animals look younger so that the portraits are more pleasing to look at.
Asking the president's wife for pictures which can be her basis for painting little man, she says she wanted to do this for some time now. About six weeks later, she received a reply from the Special Assistant to the President and Director of Correspondence, along with some color publicity stills of the President with the horse. Working from the mailed photos was a deviation from her normal procedure. Generally, she would go visit the animal in person to get a better feel and image of the animal as pictures sometimes do not capture everything.
Even though the project was still being worked on, she received news of Little Ma's death. For her, she just wants the portrait to mean something to the president now. Wanting to finish her work, she then divided it into four stages. She proceed to make a pastel drawing which helped her identify which parts the dark, medium and light shadow tones were located. Following this, she added in some color blending it in with her fingers.
The next stage was to add the bland background and Little Man got a light blue one. The most crucial step was to make sure the portrait looked authentic. The artist spent many nights adding the details that would make the portrait look as authentic as possible.
She made the portrait of Little Man out of her own goodness. In Poolesville is where she stables her one and only horse. Included in her list of pets are a cat, a dog and a goat. Creating the portrait is one thing she will always remember especially since it was for the president.
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