I started working on a portrait of a young boy today. This is the photo I'm working from.
What I had to do first was create a background and because this family lives in Atlanta, Ga., I decided to use Piedmont Park with a hint of the Atlanta skyline for that.
I still have more work/detail to add to this, but wanted to get started on the boy before stopping for the day. I just blocked in his sweater and need to work on his arm on the left because its actually longer in the painting than in the photograph.
In the photo the cuff of the sleeve just begins to show at the bottom and I'm concerned about lengthening the arm unnaturally, or needing to add a bit of hand showing..........I'll work on this next session.
What I had to do first was create a background and because this family lives in Atlanta, Ga., I decided to use Piedmont Park with a hint of the Atlanta skyline for that.
I still have more work/detail to add to this, but wanted to get started on the boy before stopping for the day. I just blocked in his sweater and need to work on his arm on the left because its actually longer in the painting than in the photograph.
In the photo the cuff of the sleeve just begins to show at the bottom and I'm concerned about lengthening the arm unnaturally, or needing to add a bit of hand showing..........I'll work on this next session.
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