PORTRAITS BY RACHAEL ROSSMAN

Unique watercolor portraits and pet portraits as seen on dooce.com, marthastewart.com and The Pioneer Woman. Commissions gladly accepted.

Month: May 2012

A Little Bit Rock n’ Roll

I decided to paint this client with his sunglasses on. Why? Because I thought it gave the composition a little attitude. And because ever since Matt Biondi in those Ray-Ban commercials I have been a big fan of the Aviator. I guess I’m a sucker for advertising.

Most Unique

I’ve painted portraits from some really bad photos: cell phone pictures, poor lighting, too many filters applied, blurry. But I make do. So when a client sends me several really good photos, all good for unique but equal reasons, I often have a really hard time choosing. This client  sent three great pictures, but ultimately,