Oh, the dilemma. Paint something entirely from life, or use photos?
While many of my paintings are finished completely from life in one or two sittings, not all of them--I am sad to say--have that luxury. There are lots of reasons for this - the sun goes down, the weather changes, the model session is up, the model is moving to a different state (this HAS happened to me more than once!), I have to scurry off on other errands, or perhaps I'm just plain tired and can't go further without the risk of making some big mistakes.
So how do you finish a painting in the studio and still make it look fresh and exciting, like it did when you were on location or in front of the model?
Artist friends, I am going to share a quick Photoshop tutorial with you, but before I do, I want to emphasiz…
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