Painting from Photographs Part 3: Process
A casual photo of my husband enjoying his coffee at a local diner inspired Morning Mike. The unusual and challenging composition appealed to me, as I'm always pushing myself to go beyond my usual portraits. Today I'd like to take you through my process in creating this piece. August 12, 2021. As always, I used a black and white reference photo, freeing me up to be creative with my color choices. After transferring the image to a prepared sheet of Arches 300 lb hot press paper, I used pushpins to secure the paper to a lightweight wooden board.* With my size 16 Kolinsky sable round [...]
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