Well, my wife wanted to make sure that I did a painted portrait of my mother-in-law JUST like the one I had done of her father-in-law last year. So, we did the portrait session last weekend, and then this week I worked on the painted version of it. Finished yesterday – JUST in time for Christmas and have to print it out today. Won’t have time to frame it, but Deborah’s father-in-law found an antique frame in the attic that will work perfectly. I think this is a REALLY good example of how just a simple portrait can be turned into a real heirloom.
The Details: The one on the right is the original photo that we took in our ‘Adirondack Room’. Lighting was a single 580EX off-camera flash on camera left, shooting through a Zumbrella. A simple white reflector was on the right to add some fill light. The image on the left, is the final painted version using Painter X. Mostly pastel brushes were used, with a camel’s hair brush for the hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, etc. It was output to a 17×22 piece of Hahnnemuhle Fine Art Watercolor paper and printed on an Epson 4800 printer.
Landscape and portrait photographer, David E. Warner captures the breath-taking beauty of the Mohawk Valley and Southern Adirondacks region and its people with his mastery of color, composition & light.
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