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Saturday Gallery Share

February 21, 2010 by Ashley Hackshaw

I love this sign that Julie from Joy’s Hope made using the subway art tutorial! What a cool and unique idea for a photo prop. The awesome photo is by Drew from Drew B Photography.

Photo from DrewBPhotography

A surprise I got in the mail from Jessica from Happy Together: soda cozy, pin cushion and handmade card. She offers the Sweetheart Pin Cushion tutorial on her blog!

I love plaid! Here’s a little outfit Cynthia from Belle Bebe Co made using the Sienna Dress pattern! Wow….check out her fabulous kiddie couture!

Thanks gals for sharing! Hope you all are having a great weekend!

East Coast Cutie

December 27, 2009 by Ashley Hackshaw

This is a portrait commission I finished in early December for a family living in North Carolina. It was a Christmas gift from the boy’s grandparents.

It’s a tough job painting such a beautiful child but someone has to do it….

Closeup of vintage handwriting:

I remembered to take a few photos of the process this time. I am a very messy painter. I paint the image, then paint layers over it. Then sand it down….

…..repaint the image in different shades of dark and light, then paint more layers on top….and repeat about 30 times.

To see more of my commission work click here for recent work or visit my painting website here.

Lil Blue Eyes

November 21, 2009 by Ashley Hackshaw

One portrait down…two more to go. I just finished this one a few days ago.

This little girl has the most crazy beautiful blue eyes and I really wanted them to be the focus of the painting.

Every portrait I do takes a few weeks. I paint a different layer every day (sometimes twice a day depending on the time I have) and then sand each layer down slightly. I scratch away paint, I do some glazing, I layer on some ephemera….and then I sand it all down and restart the process. The result is a very textured, weathered, interesting portrait. I never know what they will look like until I am finished….i.e. I don’t have a plan when I start.

This girl’s family has recently moved to Philly for 2 years while her dad goes to business school so I included a Liberty Bell to signify that time in her life.

A closeup of some of the texture and distressing:

Some old transportation tickets wrapped around the side (this painting was on a 2.5″ gallery canvas):

Scratching away of the paint and some layers peeking through:

Some stamps and old papers:

My little portrait business is always the busiest around the holidays. I have a few more to finish and ship before Christmas. If anyone needs me I’ll be up late at night in the painting studio for the next month! You can see more of my work on my painting website if interested.