Mimi Torchia Boothby

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  • Day 10 – Portrait of my neighbor

    A few years ago, I got a zany idea that I would like to do portraits of a bunch of my neighbors. The first neighbor I tried went back to her home country and it took almost 2 years to get her to pose (she is the mother in law of my neighbor and visits…

  • Day 9 – Silvana at the beach

    I went to Daniel Smith with my sister yesterday and to my great delight, I discovered that they were again selling handmade paper from India! It is sold under a new name,Khadi, but it seemed to be very similar to the old stuff, so I bought some of it. I was excited to try it…

  • Day 9.5 – The Countess of Lovelace

    What a romantic name! Unfortunately, her life was less so. This is Ada Lovelace, AKA Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, Lord Byron’s only legitimate child. She never knew her father, wasn’t even allowed to see his likeness until she was 21, he died when she was 8 years old. She was famous in her…

  • Day 8 – Josiah

    It has not been as difficult to find “victims” so far. My dear son Josiah allowed me to use him as my model again today. I like the way this one came out. I followed this sketch with one of my sister, someone I don’t often sketch. It was much harder. Maybe I’ll let you…

  • Day 7 – Thomas Moore – poet

    When you are drawing a historical personage, you are at the mercy of the previous artist’s work. Thomas Moore died before there were photographs, so I picked the portrait that looked most lifelike as my reference, but I was never happy with it. Thomas Moore was a singer, songwriter, poet, and entertainer. He toured the…