Tuesday, January 12, 2010

In Aya's Pocket, Portrait of Keith from Memory with Markers



I made this marker portrait of my husband Keith (Biker Buddy) from memory today--I usually draw him looking at him. But I've studied his face so much drawing it that I remembered fairly well. One thing I cannot do without looking is the folds in his shirt--I could learn a lot from Anders.

I did the marker portrait on 9 x 12 water-color paper (I like watercolor paper!). It's too big to go in the mole or pocket, so I made a print of it for Aya, since I have her mole right now. (Underneath is a pile of poems for that fellowship I'm working on.)

The markers I made it with were all from holiday gifts, some from mole people--thank you!

The images will get bigger if your click them.

6 comments:

steve said...

This is really fabulous Mary! By the way, i absolutely loved your cards - thank you soooooo much! Can I ask who your printing company is - they turned out so well. My wife sends you a big thanks as well!

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

I printed them at home and made them by hand. I'm glad you liked them. Hennie likes them too--i think--LOL!

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

Thanks, Steve.

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

Tell your wife she's very welcome. :-D

steve said...

Thanks Mary!

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

I used a regular inkjet printer and Matte Photo paper.