Tag Archives: portrait painting

I Painted Fabi at Quack’s Coffee and Bakery

December 11, 2008 – 11:38 am

I was just sitting down to paint at Quack’s when I heard someone say, “Hey there”.  I didn’t know that someone was talking to me.  Then, I heard, “Hey, Mrs. Martin, it’s me Fabi.”  Oh, it was my lucky day!  Fabi is one of my daughter’s good friends (they have a girl band together), and […]

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I Painted This Rocker at Quack’s

December 7, 2008 – 11:14 am

This was my first attempt to paint at Quackenbush’s Coffee and Bakery in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Austin.  I loved painting there!  The girls on shift when I arrived were very nice, and unlike a lot of other coffee houses/bakeries in town, the customers are coming and going very quickly, providing the perfect environment […]

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I Painted this Portrait Sketch at Halcyon Coffee

November 17, 2008 – 1:41 am

She wore heavy-rimmed black reading glasses that she would take on and off as she worked.  I decided to paint her without the glasses.  As you know, I usually try and paint my subjects without them knowing it.  It’s a tricky business, because people move around a lot!

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I Painted Kelsey at Epoch Coffee

November 2, 2008 – 9:29 pm

Kelsey was at Epoch Coffee this morning, applying to colleges on her mom’s laptop.  She is past-president of the Latin club at her high school, where she is on the distinguished track.  She said that she hates these college applications because they all want the student to prove their leadership skills.  She said that she […]

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Portrait Vignette of Lacey at Cafe Caffeine

October 22, 2008 – 4:47 pm
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Paintings of People at Cafe Caffeine

October 20, 2008 – 9:41 pm

I have one more painting of Lacey Roop that I will download tomorrow.  I haven’t heard her perform at the poetry slams here in Austin, but she won this year’s competition in the city.  Ryan, her coworker tells me that she is amazing, and that her poems are “classical and romantic”.  I was quite happy […]

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A Day in the Studio

October 2, 2008 – 3:10 pm

Would you like for me to continue with posts such as the one entitled: “A Smattering about Painting Technique”?  Comments would certainly be appreciated and might motivate me to open this boiling vat…~Lavanna Martin

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