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Portrait Swap with Ujwala

July 7, 2008 Mellanie Leave a comment Go to comments

Portrait Swap - Ujwala

I just completed my first portrait swap. Aside from a little nail biting it went great. My swap was with Ujwala from draw the line. We thought it would be fun to combine a portrait swap for the Portrait Party blog with an ATC exchange. Here is my entry. It took a lot of sketching to get what I thought was a good likeness from the photo that she forwarded to me. Then the challenge was drawing the final image on a 2.5″ x 3.5″ card and working out the tones on her face. I’m really proud of the result.

If you’ve followed Ujwala’s blog you know that she is all about trying new things and challenging herself. For her first ATC she made an acrylic painting. Wow! You can see her painting of me here. She’s inspired me to try painting a few cards myself, and to try a few new techniques to stretch myself more.

So thanks Ujwala! It will be so great to get my card. I’ll have another piece of art for my collection and a souvenir of a great experience.

I would love to do this again. If anyone would like to do a swap with me sometime, let me know.

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  1. Anita Davies
    July 7, 2008 at 1:58 am | #1
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    This is a fantastic portrait, wonderful values!

  2. Ujwala
    July 7, 2008 at 7:04 am | #2
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    This is beautiful and I love it! thanks Mellanie :D

  3. genxster
    July 7, 2008 at 9:18 am | #3
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    Thanks Anita. I appreciate it.
    I’m so glad you love it Ujwala. I can’t wait mail it you.

  4. Staci Rose
    July 7, 2008 at 12:27 pm | #4
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    How fabulous! Love both of them! :D

  5. genxster
    July 8, 2008 at 9:23 am | #5
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    Thanks Stacy!

  6. cathy
    July 8, 2008 at 12:46 pm | #6
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    These are so amazing. To get great artwork in such a tiny space is incredible. Congrats to you both. A great idea.

  7. PamYla
    July 10, 2008 at 11:39 am | #7
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    Very beautiful portrait! I also love the portraits that y ou have in your new comic style for the trades, fantastic work!

  8. Sarah
    July 10, 2008 at 9:39 pm | #8
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    This is great – I really like it. You’ve really captured the sense of a personality and the values are just right.

  9. Ujwala
    July 14, 2008 at 4:49 pm | #9
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    Hi Mellanie – the swap is up at the portrait blog :D here’s the link http://theportraitparty.blogspot.com/2008/07/ujwala-prabhu-mellanie-collins.html

  10. genxster
    July 15, 2008 at 9:35 am | #10
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    Thanks everyone! I’m glad that you like it. I’m really proud of this one. But the important thing is that Ujwala likes it. :D

  11. Lost In Wonder
    July 20, 2008 at 4:12 pm | #11
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    I love this portrait. The outlining looks great with the marker tones.

  12. genxster
    July 21, 2008 at 1:17 am | #12
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    Thank you! I’m glad you like it. I like your pastel drawings.

  1. July 7, 2008 at 7:17 am | #1
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