A working archive of portrait commissions, architectural miniatures, and narrative figurative studies exploring light, memory, and scale.

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Anna Maria Painting in Progress 2nd Color Stage

I have been working away and have been able to take a better photo of the work in progress. I wanted to show what was happening, since I know that...

Anna Maria Painting in Progress 2nd Color Stage

I have been working away and have been able to take a better photo of the work in progress. I wanted to show what was happening, since I know that...

Jeune Mariée

Jeune Mariée or 'Young Bride' is another piece that has left the design stages. Using two reference photos, I combined the elements that were needed and hope to have a...

Jeune Mariée

Jeune Mariée or 'Young Bride' is another piece that has left the design stages. Using two reference photos, I combined the elements that were needed and hope to have a...

Anna Maria Painting in Progress 1st Color Stage

I have now applied the first layer of color. Since I retained the value shift in the grizaille, matching the colors to the values went fairly fast. To match the...

Anna Maria Painting in Progress 1st Color Stage

I have now applied the first layer of color. Since I retained the value shift in the grizaille, matching the colors to the values went fairly fast. To match the...

How to Create Color Swatches using Photoshop

Last time I talked about how to posterize an image in Photoshop. After I converted my reference photo to black and white, I used the posterized image to quickly place...

How to Create Color Swatches using Photoshop

Last time I talked about how to posterize an image in Photoshop. After I converted my reference photo to black and white, I used the posterized image to quickly place...

Anna Marie Portrait

Anna Maria Sketch I have started work on a new portrait and have done a rough line drawing of the head first with pencil. Then using Faber Castell Pitt Artist...

Anna Marie Portrait

Anna Maria Sketch I have started work on a new portrait and have done a rough line drawing of the head first with pencil. Then using Faber Castell Pitt Artist...

Posterize in Photoshop

When working from a life model, the artist needs to squint to loose sight of all detail and determine the areas that are light, medium or dark. Half tones and...

Posterize in Photoshop

When working from a life model, the artist needs to squint to loose sight of all detail and determine the areas that are light, medium or dark. Half tones and...

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Meet the Artist

"My Name is Enzie (NC) and I am a multi disciplinary artist based in southern California, USA.

I specialize in hand painted life-size pet portraits and custom-made miniature dioramas in various sizes.

Visit my blog to see what I am currently working on."

Enzie

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