Sunday, October 28, 2012

How to Make an Ordinary Photo into a Great Painting

How to Make an Ordinary Photo into a Great Painting

'Coffee on the Porch' 9x18 pastel Karen Margulis available here $175
No matter how you slice it.....deciding what to paint in a landscape can be a challenge. Whether you are painting en plein air or from photos it is hard to choose what to paint from all of the information in front of you. In today's post I am going to share a way to help you choose a point of view to paint from a photo. Often our photos include too much information. We are excited about a beautiful landscape so we hold up the camera and try to capture it all.ame as we experienced. It is boring! somehow it doesn't seem the same as we experienced. It is boring!er and 'paint and compose' with your photos. Think like a photographer and 'paint and compose' with your photos. Think like a photographer and 'paint and compose'... [via Painting My World]

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