Portrait Paintings by Mark Howard Webster,

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Rose, 12 x 16 oil on board — Rose at 4

My sons chicken, 10 x 14 inches Gouache over pen and ink — the grand chicken

A curious animal. Puyallup Fair cow 9 x 12 black and white ink on gray toned Strathmore paper — Cute cow

Its going to be hard to eat steak after this animal tried to lick my hand. Puyallup Fair cow 9 x 12 black and white ink on gray toned Strathmore paper — Leaning toward vegan

Planes of the head plaster cast with hat, 11 x 14 black and white ink on gray toned Strathmore paper — White head and hat

This dog is a Bouvier. 9 x 12 black and white ink on gray toned Strathmore paper — Bouvier des Flandres

George is an African Gray parrot who lives with Gill, a friend of mine. 9 x 12 black and white ink on gray toned Strathmore paper — George the parrot

My third drawing of my sons dog named Wyatt. He is a feisty blue heeler. 9 x 12 black and white ink on gray toned Strathmore paper — Wyatt the granddog

I camped with some friends in Jtree who had this dog named Floose. 9 x 12 black and white ink on gray toned Strathmore paper — Floose the crag dog

Commisioned portrait of Mogul the therapy dog. 11 x 14 ink on gray toned Strathmore paper. SOLD — Mogul, commisioned portrait

My brother sent me a picture of his dog Honey Bear. It was a lot of fun to draw. 11 x 14 ink on gray toned Strathmore paper — Honey Bear Webster

I have good news and bad news. As you get older you may have more time to improve your drawing skills, which is fun. The bad news is this allows you to more accurately depict the trainweck of aging. 11 x 14 ink on paper — Self Portrait 2019

My climbing buddy volunteered to sit for a portrait. It took us two sittings of about 2 hours each. — Climbing buddy

My latest self portrait March 2017. I made the eyes big and left it unfinished intentionally. 12 x 16 oil on board — Self Portrait 2017

I get in and out of portrait painting every few years. This particular model is always handy. The mirror doesn't lie. 12 x 16 oil on board — Self Portrait 2014

My amazing wife Sue. She posed for about 10 hours over a weekend to make this portrait. 12 x 18 pastel. NFS — My wife Sue

Mindy heard I couldn't find a model and very kindly volunteered to pose for me. She is a climbing friend. 15 x 20 pastel — Mindy

Dad had been asking me to come visit, so I brought my easel down and did his portrait.
I had planned to paint him again oils, but I ran out of time. 15 x 20 pastel. NFS — Dad 2014

Mick is a former student. He works as a film maker and volunteered to pose. 15 x 20 pastel — Mick Flaaen

My first self portrait in a couple decades. 15 x 20 pastel — Self Portrait 2011

I saw this guy in the mirror, it was my first oil painting in 43 years. The colors are all wrong, but somehow it works. 11 x 18 oil on board — Self Portrait 2014

This started as a half hour lesson plan for a drawing class I was teaching in 2005. Two days later and 5 hours in I called it done — Me in pencil

Portraiture

Painting people from life is a magical genre. When a portrait rises up off the canvas and starts to breath, I'm like a kid in a candy store. I usually start in monotone to get the main features and values correct without worrying about color. Once I have a likeness I begin to ease in the color, being careful not to break the value scheme. Two of my favorite saying about portraiture are:

"Any color will work if the value is correct."

"A portrait is: a likeness in which there is something wrong about the mouth" - John Singer Sargent