Mom Monday: A Pencil Portrait

 Mom inherited an old suitcase full of photos. She didn’t know who most of the people were, but some caught her imagination as portrait subjects. 

I’m doing a huge sorting of physical photographs, but haven’t found the original of this one so far. Mom usually worked in oils, but she had a period of time when portraits were her focus. She even took commissions for a few.

Crafty D.O.A.: Printing on Canvas Inkjet Paper

As I'm going through mom's old sketchbooks, I think I'd like to share some of her drawings and some of the watercolors she dabbled in.

Quite awhile ago I purchased Strathmore Canvas Inkjet Paper with this in mind.  I finally tested it tonight, and while the colors aren't quite true, the essence of the picture is, and it is on nice canvas paper that makes it seem like the original, when the original can't be split 8 ways.

The paper is two sided, one side looking like canvas, the other side just glossy paper.  The instructions on the box seemed to say they wanted you to print the image on the non-canvas like side, but that isn't what I wanted.

The original scanned:

The original with the copy:

From Mom's Sketchpad

Organizational work continues in my craft room.  I think I'm making progress then a pile of something falls over.  (Insert sad face). 

Mom mostly painted, but she did a great deal of sketching too.  She worked mostly in oils, but also dabbled in acrylics and watercolor as the fancy took her.

Here are a few of her sketches.  Not all are completed.