Mimi Torchia Boothby

Category: portrait

  • Day 2 – Tired Josiah

    My son sat for me this evening. He had been up all night the night before writing an article, and I was surprised at how much it showed in his face. He is usually much cuter. I used my new super cool Palomino pencil for this and decided that I would not paint it this…

  • 29 Faces art challenge – day 1- Lord Byron

    For the month of February, I will be concentrating on faces, and since it is very hard for me to find people to actually pose for me, I will be sketching pictures of historical paintings to fill in the gaps with real people. An artist named Ayala has set up a blog, 29 Faces Art…

  • Day 30 – What’s a whippet

    My best friend lives in Arkansas where she works her special magic on people and their dogs. Sometimes, the dogs and people have troubles getting along, and according to my friend, the problem is rarely because of the dog, but more because of the humans. Some of the dogs she works with are learning agility,…

  • Day 24 – Thinking about you

    I thought I’d paint another young widow. I have been thinking about this particular face for a while, and I thought it would be interesting to do a little negative painting. Negative painting is the process of painting darks around other shapes to imply substance. It turned out kind of sweet, I think. Mood can…

  • Day 15 – Il Fioraio – The Flower vendor

    In 2006 Donald and I made two friends in Naples; Lucia and Alfonso. They are the parents of a good friend of ours, and they were conveniently just our age. When we needed a place to stay in Naples, they found a friend who rents an apartment. When our bags came up missing from the…