Sunday, September 30, 2007

jon huck & louise

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a special note to jon (portrayed above) regarding his portrait swap with louise (below): no way are you hogging blogspace, jon! in my mondo beyondo dream come true, portrait parties will replace drug abuse as the most notorious addiction on earth. just pace yourself, brother, you don't want to end up like our last portrait junkie did.

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Saturday, September 29, 2007

patrick brennan & josh pincus

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patrick, the diplomat, (portrayed above) somehow convinced josh (below) to take another stab at the portrait party.

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josh swears that this really is his last swap. i hope he does another one though and swears that one is his last one. and so on...

Friday, September 28, 2007

jon huck & alex

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jon (portrayed above) is having a lot of fun trading portraits, this time with alex (below). now's the time to ask him for a trade, folks! before his hand cramps and he's forced to take (some very cool) photos again.

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Thursday, September 27, 2007

leonie allan & sarah davies

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leonie (portrayed above) laughed so hard during her portrait party with sarah (below) that marshmallows came out her nose!

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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

flo oakley & julie oakley

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this portrait of flo (above) isn't the best likeness that julie has captured of her "hard to pin down" daughter. it is a wonderful representation of her family portraits though and it speaks to one of my favorite philosophies of portraiture; namely, a good portrait is more than a good likeness. flo's drawing of her mom (below) is another beautiful example.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

ryan white & france belleville

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ryan (portrayed above) addressed a true phenomenon with his multiple portraits of france (below): it can be intimidating to draw someone who draws portraits all the time. also, it isn't easy to draw teeth. but soldier on artists! the more you do it, the better you get.

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Monday, September 24, 2007

morgan kessler & david wolfe

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here's a wistful swap from morgan (portrayed above) and david and his paranoid alter ego (below).

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Sunday, September 23, 2007

judith h & jana bouc

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when the attendance at their painting group was low, judith (portrayed on the left) and jana (on the right) took turns drawing each other.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

tom oakley & julie oakley

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tom and julie's family remind me of my own. they seem to draw each other a lot. son and mom drew these blind contour portraits to pass time on the train.

Friday, September 21, 2007

pixie campbell & leonie allan

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"hey!" my wife alerted me this morning, "my friend, pixie (portrayed above), had a portrait party!" she drew leonie (below) in "the land of not-met-yet."

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Thursday, September 20, 2007

ryan white & gordon redshaw

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uhm... i've gotta say it... rymann (portrayed above) and loco white boy (below) are in the house!

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

sandra fisher & maurice cockrill

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sandra fisher (portrayed above) is considered an unusually sociable artist because she enjoyed painting other artists and being painted herself. this portrait of her by maurice cockrill (portrayed below) is different from any of his other paintings. that's why i love it so much. he set his style aside to paint her portrait and they ended up really looking at each other.

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Monday, September 17, 2007

rick baker & jon huck

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rick (portrayed above) and jon (below) might be spies!

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Saturday, September 15, 2007

david thornberry & daniel johnston

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david (drawn on the left, photographed on the right) shared this photo of a portrait swap between himself and his pal, daniel johnston.

Friday, September 14, 2007

patrick brennan & morgan kessler

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can't you just see patrick (portrayed above) mackin' on the ladies in a dark corner of the portrait party? it may be a complete misrepresentation but, thanks to this portrait and the previous swap, i can't help by see him as a silk-robed ladies man in the style of the cosmopolitan. thanks to morgan (below) for promoting this ridiculous reputation.

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Thursday, September 13, 2007

jeannette langmead & patrick brennan

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jeannette (portrayed above) had more important things to do than my portrait, namely, patrick (below)... and pack for japan.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

william holman-hunt & dante gabriel rossetti & john everett millais

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holman-hunt, rossetti, and millais are famous for their gang, the pre-raphaelite brotherhood. besides disturbing the peace with their paintings of green trees (brown was the fashionable color for trees at the time), the brotherhood drew each other all the time. holman-hunt drew millais and rossetti (above). rossetti drew these great cartoon of millais and holman-hunt (below).

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millais seems to be the flake of this portrait party but he wasn't. he worked his friends into his illustrations. can you "where's waldo" the portrait of rossetti in millais' painting below?

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click the painting for a hint.

Monday, September 10, 2007

magpie girl & leonie allen

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magpie (portrayed above) and leonie (below) brought berry frappes to their portrait party. magpie used the swap as a chance to try her new photo collage technique. sweet!

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Sunday, September 9, 2007

christine castro & rama hughes

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here are two of my favorite quick portraits by my wife and me. i caught christine (above) sketching a picture of my mom. my parents actually came to town last weekend and i was bummed that we didn't have a portrait party. i was curious to see how christine and my mom would draw one another. one of the things that i love about drawing with each of them is that they are both so humble. they both draw. they both draw very well. but they both seem delighted and surprised when the drawings are complete. my mom smiles and waves away compliments. christine gets a childlike glow, especially when she captures a good likeness, like this one (below) that she got of me.

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Saturday, September 8, 2007

frank auerbach, sandra fisher & r.b. kitaj

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the two painters portrayed above are frank auerbach and sandra fisher. the artist, ronald b. kitaj, is credited with bringing pop art to britain even though his work clearly defies that label. auerbach drew sandra and kitaj below.

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and sandra painted her husband, kitaj, below.

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it looks like auerbach up and ran before sandra could paint him also. too bad really.

Friday, September 7, 2007

justin & mr. steve loya

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justin (portrayed above) IS cool! check out the drawing he did of his teacher, our friend, steve loya.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

josh pincus & kim coles

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josh (portrayed above) is leaving the portrait party early. at least he's going out on a high note; his swap with kim (below) kicks ass!

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Monday, September 3, 2007

kerstin klein & jennifer m. lee

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kudos to jennifer (portrayed above). her portrait of kerstin (below) is kerstin's favorite of the many swaps that she has done.

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it is also my favorite drawing that i have seen by jennifer. you can see all the work that she put into it and her patience pays off.

Sunday, September 2, 2007

ammon perry & ella

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ammon (portrayed above) returns to the portrait party with a new challenger, ella (below).

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Saturday, September 1, 2007

Can I Draw You, Jeannette?

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jeannette langmead is the well-deserved winner of the first portrait party contest. her prize will be posted (and mailed) as soon as our portrait swap is completed. thanks to all the portrait partners who helped her along!