After Christmas Inventory and Price Change.

The Holidays were great and many drawings were done. Here is one of the darlings I had a chance to draw this past month:

As I was providing my services at a lower cost for startup purposes and to help friends with their holiday needs, I will now be raising rates. One 14 x 17 portrait for $65. I am looking into adding a larger size option but for now will continue to work with the size paper I already have in stock. Thank you for your business and continued interest in my work. I will be posting more of my recent work in the next few days.

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and look forward to a fresh start this New Year!

Business is good!

Thank you for all who have ordered portraits. I will be contacting you shortly on the progress of your piece and an expected completion date.
If you are new to my site and are interested in having a portrait done from a photo. The current price (half off for the holidays) is $35 for a one person 14 x 17 pencil portrait from photo. You can contact me with any questions you may have and I will try my best to accomodate any special requests. I also do Homes and Pets.

I will be posting more samples very soon on this blog, so stay tuned, I have some great ones on the way. Thanks for your interest and any help spreading the word to interested parties is greatly appreciated.

Misty McKeithen

My work method and new business cards!

Hello all!

Well, this week things have been busy. I have begun 4 new commissions in the last few days and while I am not finished with them, I am very happy with how they are coming along. Why would you start one when you haven't finished the other? You may ask. I have my reasons... Firstly, I get about 2 and a half hours a day (most days) of blissfully quiet peace and rest while my 3 angels are napping simultaneously. I use that time to begin my portraits. The beginning steps are the most difficult and if they don't go right, then the whole drawing is wrong. I have to take extra effort and concentration to get things started.
Then, after the drawing is pretty much 3/4ths of the way done, all that is left are adjustments and shading... often the details of hair or clothing. These things can be done during other times of the day or night when I don't have so much uninterupted time. So far this method has been working well for me.
I can't wait to post photos of what I have been working on. First I will have to get permission and make sure it wouldn't spoil any suprises. After I check on that, I will probably come back and post some.

By the way, I got some great free business cards from Vistaprint. Just go to their website if you want to order some for your own use and look for the free offer. They have some great premade designs to pick from. Someone was saying this week that she would love to have some cards to hand out with scripture on them to cashiers and others she runs into during the day. That is a great idea! I think I will order some more just for that purpose!

Have a great day and let me know if I can Pencil you in!

Special Deal! And more Info

For a limited time I will be having a special deal on Portraits.

From Now until Christmas - HALF PRICE DEAL!

1 Single Portrait from photo for $35 dollars

Special deals available for orders of 3 or more.

Portraits of pets or homes will be priced the same.

Each portrait shall contain only one person or subject generally but this is negotiable.

Photos can be emailed directly to me.

Portraits are created on 14 x 17 inch Strathmore paper

Precautions must be taken to avoid smudging or wrinkling paper once recieved. Prompt framing is recommended.

You will be put on a list of work orders and I will give you an estimation date of when you can expect your work to be completed.

Work in Progress

Here is my latest portrait. I am still working on my own family while I get started. This is my third child who is nine months old at the moment and I really think this one will be the best piece yet. Maybe I am getting better or maybe it all depends on the photo used. I am definitely learning lots each time though and I do hope to continue improving and also shortening the time it takes to finish. I will be posting this one and the photo it came from shortly.

If anyone is interested in having a portrait done, just drop me an email.