Posted on 02/28/2009 7:12:02 AM PST by Dallas59
"This is a painting completed in February 2005. It was a Portrait Class project that I decided to finish in my spare time after the workshop. It probably took a total of around 65-75 hours to complete. The small images are step by step photographs taken during the painting process, and the large image is the final painting after detail and skin texture are added with an eraser and colored pencil. The main colors are blocked in at the beginning, but refinement is withheld until the very end. Look for a more complete step by step article in an upcoming magazine issue~Dru Blair"
As a style, Photorealism has a few detractors, who often dismiss it as pointless, or non-art. They fail to realize that many photorealistic paintings are not mere copies of photographs, but interpretations of reality based on the artist's vision. The act of merely copying a photograph has no artistic merit except to hone one's artistic skills. Most of my aviation paintings would be impossible to photograph, such as Timing is Everything for example. This painting of Tica is not just a copy of a photograph, but is a product of many artistic decisions, whereas I deviated from the reference photo for more aesthetic appeal.
Hey, this is a family site. Let’s have none of those dirty pictures.
I can’t with my computer. Ram deficiency.
The farther away from reality it is, the more liberals like it.
Beautiful work. What art mediums does your wife use?
The black man is oil, the ballerina is acrylic on sandpaper, and the boy is pencil. She likes oil the best, but does a lot of nupastel because it takes the least amount of time.
I think it would be very interesting to see how the great painters of the past would react to photoshop. I suspect they would be astounded by the ability to create limitless colors, alter colors and shadows, remove or replace shades of colors etc.
Photoshop, it’s not all funny political pictures.
no way - amazing
On the other hand, for us commoners, they're beautiful.
My compliments to her!!! She is very gifted. Impressive that she works in many different mediums.
...oops, wrong thread.
Cheers!
“Very impressive! Now, if you could draw/paint a woman like that, make her real, and then send her to me, I would be even more impressed.”
Start polishing the credit card, your day will be here soon.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2023392.ece
I’ll pass on the compliment. Artists never like her work. We tried getting her in a couple of galleries, but were met with underwhelming, “oh, that’s nice” comments.
Thank you! I should also mention that she sculpts just as well too, but it’s a lot more expensive to cast. We have been married three years now, and I’m convinced that she has a gift to “see” how to represent things. Her portraits from middle school are better than a lot of professionals. Unfortunately we haven’t found a way for her to make money with art!
The best thing is that she is conservative and can make fun of garbage art with me. She never tells people that she’s an artist, especially not other artists, because people associate artists with liberal blowhards who will paint a blue square on a canvas and call it the Sistine Chapel.
Probably the same monkey that wrote the “stimulus” bill.
bfl
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