Friday, April 27, 2012

Greg's Pastel Portrait, Maria Kovalenko Leysens


I have a few commissions coming up and thought I would do a quick portrait of my son to warm up a bit. He looked at it and said, "Why so serious?"  It is hard to catch him in a serious photo. He usually has a goof off face.  I think he was surprised to see that I had a good photo of him to use. 
He comes home from his freshman year/university in a few weeks. Can't wait to see his goof off face.
17x17 inches on sanded paper
Check out his blog 
UPDATE--- Just found out this painting won Best Portrait in the Associated Artists of Butler County Spring Show!
www.mklart.blogspot.com

8 comments:

blah said...

Wow! You did an incredible job with this! Really wonderful!

Taryn Day said...

An absolutely beautiful portrait, Maria.

Unknown said...

Great portrait! The light and shadows are very real.

Cecelia Lyden said...

Wonderful portrait--Touching display of mother's love

Maria Kovalenko Leysens said...

Thank you for your comments!!!

Donna said...

Beautiful job. Your son is so cute!

Bertie Brown said...

So well done! You'll do great with your commissions!

Deborah Nell said...

Love your portrait. Yes, I agree, you will do very well with your commissioned portraits.