I love seeing paintings done from real life and comparing, such as this... I suppose it helps being part of the subject matter, but it's just fascinating to me, seeing through the other person's perspective!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
The Decaying Barn and It's Counterpart
Yesterday, a particular gentleman asked to draw an impressionist painting of my photo standing with a decaying barn. Of course I said "yes", and much to my surprise he had already finished by this morning!
I love seeing paintings done from real life and comparing, such as this... I suppose it helps being part of the subject matter, but it's just fascinating to me, seeing through the other person's perspective!
I love seeing paintings done from real life and comparing, such as this... I suppose it helps being part of the subject matter, but it's just fascinating to me, seeing through the other person's perspective!
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i love it. esp because they are the same scene esentially but the feeling in them are so different. his is a little dark and stormy and yours is bright and sunny. it's great!!! :)
So cool!! What an honor to have such a talented artist capture one of your photos into an impressionist painting!!
It's simply gorgeous.
That's amazing!
Oh it's gorgeous work.
oh wow, that looks awesome! congratulations on being someone's muse, too :D!!
Wow, just great... and so fast! I admire people who can do these great things with their hands...
this is beautiful!
That's so neat!
-Andi x
Aya,
That picture is amazing. That must be flattering.
I just gave you award: http://vintage-angelc.blogspot.com/2009/07/awards.html
ow waw..tres belle :) i love both the painting and the picture..
Aya,thanks for answering my question,i havent upgrade my adobe element so i tried using adobe element 5.0 on my newest post.still far from perfect but i'll keep practicing..feel free to criticize and many thanks for the advice :)
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Fantastic!
aah how lovely!
your dress is great (:
This is awesome - great painting!
wow what a beautiful painting. it really does amplify the kind of lost feeling the photo seems to have. gorgeous.
wow, it's beautiful. I love that he chose to use such a vivid blue!
Thank you so much everyone! :D He really did do a great job!
wow, this is too lovely! the colors are so vibrant. thank you so much for the sweet comment on my blog.
That's beautiful, what an honor! And it must be nice to be on the receiving end of a portrait for once :~)
Both the painting and picture look great! You have a lot of lovely vintage things on your site :) Thanks for your comment on my blog too.
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