Veritas,

I am going to hold off sending Beethoven for one more day, because I have just completed your other canvas and it needs to cure for 24 hours then I will send them together. I will post pics here tommorrow morning as soon as I can get fresh batteries for my cam.


There was a slight problem and I could not add all the details I wanted too, so I scrapped them and focused on the portrait itself. The problem is that I can paint or draw any natural shape, faces, trees, cloth draping, however, manmade shapes, houses, walls...ships... throw me off and wind up looking cartoonish for me.


So, basically what I am saying is you got a straight portrait. And there is nothing more pirate-ee than this subject.


Two hints until tommorrow... It'a a he. And....


'Savy?'


HAHAHA!


BTW, my kids saw what I was doing and swarmed my easel constantly. It is unanimous, children LOVE this portrait.