Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Greg and Di painting!


This painting was done for a very close friend, it was his 60th Birthday, and
I told his wife which is in the picture that I would paint him.  She loved
the idea, the thing she did not know that I was going to paint her in it!  First 
it was a surprise for him, and also a surprise for her since she didn't know
she was going to be in it.  It was so nice to see their reactions to the painting!



The pics I had to go off from was very difficult to judge the skin tone, since
it was taken at night and with a flash photo which flushes out the true
skin tones.  But I am somewhat happy with the results, if I had to do it
again, I would of gotten them posed for me and pic the right lighting
situation.  But it was for a surprise so it served its purpose!


The shirt was so much fun too paint!  it was so loose and expressive.  So was
his forehead.  Anyways enjoy and take care!!

4 comments:

Kacey said...

Really great work on your blog! I love that you include images from different stages in your process. Glad to have landed here:)

Barry O'Donoghue said...

Great painting Jonathan!

Nico Di Mattia said...

Very very hard work Jonathan!! An amazing result!! Congrats!

Dominic Philibert said...

Had a good time doing it this week!
I love the looseness in that one!!
Take care man!