Well I just had an email from the paper and they want to come and take some photos of me when I paint mum and do a story..looks like I better get organised.I'vebooked her for next week but have no real idea of what I want to do..
You have to have several sittings where you paint from the model / mum rather than a photo.I prefer to work like that anyway as you can see many more colours in flesh etc than a camera can..I may have to finish from photos although working from photos it's easy to get bogged down in detail and lose any life you have captured from the live sittings.
The hardest part is coming up with a concept.I was only going to paint a small painting c 30 x 40cms initially as with Xmas coming I'm not going to have time to spend on a large one but now the paper wants to take a photo I may go up a size or so as it will look more impressive.I've got stage fright but I suppose I just do what I usually do which is aim for a colourful portrait with a likeness and try to capture her nature.
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