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Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 25 Jan 25

Hey friends, I realized that I haven't wrapped up my series on the painting of Taz , and I didn't want to leave you hanging. It's all done! I know it's probably been driving everyone a little crazy, waiting for that pink nose...

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Portrait of Taz - Entering the Final Phase

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 17 Nov 24

Okay, now that we've seen the finish of Pirate Bear (last discussion), let's go back to Taz and start to wrap things up. When last we saw this portrait, I had started the final "modeling" (using lights and darks to portray the...

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Portrait of Taz - Finalizing Colors, and Taz Gets Whiskers!

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 13 Oct 24

As I painted from the darkest colors to the lightest, I also took the opportunity to do a color correction. As you can see in the reference photo to the left, the sunlight coming from the right side of the picture is casting a...

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Portrait of Taz: Starting Dark, and The Eyes Have It

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 9 Aug 24

Hey, I'm back , and the cat came back with me! (We'll get back to the bear in a minute). When last we saw Taz, I had lain in the basic colors and was starting to work on defining the shapes of his features and his markings. In...

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Back to Taz! Defining Shapes

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 17 Feb 24

Hey all, I am working on new commissions, but I wanted to touch base with another update on the portrait of Taz, because I am also working on him along and along, and I didn't want to leave you hanging! When last we saw the...

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Update on the Portrait of Taz

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 12 Nov 23

It's time for another update about my portrait of Taz, the acrylic painting that I started ages and ages ago. In this update, there is a big change! If you might recall, in the last article I mentioned that I was starting the...

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My Portrait of Taz: The Final Phase Starts

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 5 Mar 23

Hi folks, some of you may have wondered if I gave up on my painting of Taz, since I broke my series to post on something else last time. I realized that I should really be posting on other things in case people aren't interested...

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My Portrait of Taz: Underpainting is Finished

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 2 Jan 23

In my last post, I showed you a picture of the beginning of the underpainting and explained what that was (in short, it's a painting done in neutral tones done to establish shapes and shades, and it will eventually be overlain...

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My Portrait of Taz: Here's the Weird Part

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 12 Nov 22

Hey, sorry it's been so long since my last installment! Thank you for being so patient. Last time, I had finished the background completely, and I had added some color here and there to start establishing various areas of lights...

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My Portrait of Taz: Background Finished!

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 28 Aug 22

The portrait looks a lot different from the last time I showed it to you! At this point, the background has been fully developed, or at least as fully as it's going to be - I'm not planning to paint it in any greater detail, as I...

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My Portrait of Taz: Developing the Background

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 21 Aug 22

After getting the base colors lain in for the background, it was time to start developing shapes, fine-tuning colors, establishing lights and darks to show form, and even adding some detail to the more finished areas. Along the...

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My Portrait of Taz: Moving Past the Block

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 3 Aug 22

I had fretted so much and put the painting off for such a long time: I really "got my butt stuck in the mud", as they say here in the South. What would help? YouTube, friends. Watching other artists work, specifically...

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My Portrait of Taz - A Very Bad Artist's Block

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 25 Jul 22

There's a slight possibility that some of you saw the picture I featured in the last post and thought it looked somewhat familiar. If so, you have an excellent memory, because I have posted it here on MyLot before. I'll explain...

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Starting My Portrait of Taz

Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 19 Jul 22

Last time, I showed you the photo of Taz that my friend Mark sent me to use as reference. He had caught Taz in the process of licking his face and loved his expression; he said it was "pure Taz". So we agreed I would just copy...

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My demands for President-elect Joe Biden.

The Horse @TheHorse (238306) • Walnut Creek, California 15 Nov 20

I am glad to hear that more and more Republicans are calling for President Donald Trump to concede the presidential election and move on. I read this from one of my news feeds today. It may even have been FOX: "Former national...

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Young, Wild, & CRAZY!

Baconstripsxxx @BACONSTRIPSXXX (18112) • Torrington, Connecticut 30 Jun 16

Those are three words used to describe my extremely hyper son! LOL My wife and I call him Taz since he is a little tornado in the house and spends his days running around terrorizing his twin sisters and driving my wife up the...

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Is it time to put Taz to sleep?

II2aTee @II2aTee (2559) • United States 4 Dec 08

Wanted: Thoughts, comments, advice. Here’s the situation. I grew up in farm country. When I was 10 years old I got my very first pet, an orange tiger cat who I named Taz. Since we lived in the country he was an...

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who likes taz?

jhellie_baby @jhellie_baby (374) • Philippines 27 Aug 08

i like taz so much...its my favorite stuff toy. could any one tell me more about taz? ive heard that taz or tasmanian devil is an animal somewhere in europe..i think:) need more details if you know:)

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Who is your favorite Looney Tunes character?

tazpromote @tazpromote (965) • United States 28 Dec 07

Well, from my screen name, you can probably tell which one is my favorite. I am a Taz fanatic!! For some reason, he is the only one that I can relate to....LOL!! So, which is your favorite and why?

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My poms name is Taz

txturtle48 @txturtle48 (9) • United States 24 Feb 07

I have had my pom now for 3 years and love her. She looks like a little fox. When I first got her she was a terror. She was into everything. What a little bundle of energy! It took me 2 months to come up with a name for her. Then...

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