Portrait Painting

These are two of my cousins. I've wanted to do a formal portrait painting of them for awhile now, partly as a gift for their family, but also to test myself, as professional portraiture is something I would love to get more into. The painting is 30x36", oil on linen canvas.
I uploaded a photo of the real girls in context with the painting, so everyone can see my mistakes.

DrawerGeeks - Giant Monster

Good topic this round, and I had some good cartoon fun with it.

Perfect Weekend

Spent the weekend up in cottage country. Great company, textbook autumn weather, and plein air painting. What more could I ask for? Here's some of the paintings I did there.
The bottom left one is my first sunset plein air painting. I was literally racing against the sun. After about 15 minutes, I could no longer judge differences in colour temperature on my board, so I stopped. It was a big surprise to get back to the cottage to see what the painting actually looked like. Nothing beats painting outdoors!

And one from two weekends ago. Some architecture near where I work.

Moonlight

Getting into the October spirit with this little sketch. Based on a lighting condition I saw on the way home from a late night at work...took a few moments and made some live mental notes, then tried to pull it out of my head when I got home.

Nintendo DS Again

Another round of Nintendo DS sketches. No real theme this time.
I'm actually thinking of using the top middle idea as a starting point for a larger oil painting. We'll see.