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 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…

  • Day 6 – at a book reading

    I mentioned yesterday that it was easy to sketch someone who was working on the computer. It is so much harder to sketch someone who is not only reading, but animatedly acting out what she is reading. Nicola is an actress who married a potter in Concrete, Washington. She wrote a book about their life.…

  • Day 5 – Lyle at the computer

    One of the things I have discovered is that people in front of computers really don’t move much, they are perfect models for a quick sketch. He didn’t even know I was drawing him until I showed him the finished product. I am now working on a watercolor, maybe it will be finished in time…