For the past year and a half, in my spare time (which I have very little of!) I have been slowly chipping away at a project that I am passionate about because I think it will help a lot of people. I am working on a "Photoshop Handbook for Traditional Artists". This project will cover a lot of the basics of photo-editing, whether it be for reference photos or photos of artwork. But I am also going to discuss why I use both photo references AND life studies in my work. It is a fine line to walk, as I believe in working from life as MUCH as possible, but... have chosen to write a book on how to edit reference photos! My hope is that with a good understanding of both, we can become more excellent and well-rounded artists, without compromising our standards.
That being said, I am go…
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Life Painting + Photography + Photoshop...The Technical Side of it All
Labels:
anatomy,
Anna Rose Bain,
color,
drawing from life,
empathy,
energy,
essence,
life drawing,
life painting,
life studies,
live models,
painting from life,
perspective,
photography,
Photoshop,
values
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Figurative Painting, Ballet, and... Photoshop
Thanks to a client who is interested in ballet, I have several new paintings of classical ballerinas in the works! This is especially exciting for me, since I have been wanting to expand my figurative portfolio and study the human form more carefully. Recently, I was humbled when another artist pointed out that one of my pieces had some anatomical errors. I realized that the human figure is truly the most challenging, yet exciting, thing to paint, and that I need to study it diligently in order to avoid such errors in future paintings. If I am going to do it justice, I must know how each body part moves, connects, and relates to the rest of the whole.
I began some "research" a couple of weeks ago when my sister and I went to see a ballet, and I realized I hadn't been to one…
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Figurative Painting, Ballet, and... Photoshop
Labels:
Anna Rose Bain,
Ballerina,
Ballet,
dance,
dancer,
DFW oil painting,
figurative,
figure painting,
life painting,
mask,
new painting,
Photoshop,
tutu,
Venetian mask,
Venice
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