Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

sounds like a very interesting afternoon @Faith-and-Hope xx

That's awesome @Faith-and-Hope - how long does a sitter... have to... sit when you're painting their portrait?

@Shaz51 - I am so jealous of your weather... it's 12 degrees and freeeeeezing here!

usally it is a little bit cooler here in july but it looks like we are not even going to have a winter this year @NikNik

Hey @NikNik

good news , my hubby is having a look at his photos which he hasn`t done for a long time , hope he gets back to doing his hobby -- photography

I hope so @NikNik xx

I got a surprise tonight , my hubby brought me a camera

I think the cutting back on the workload and me saying No to things

reminding him that he needs timeout , it has been soo hard, I have had to be strong at times , I have wanted to give up so many times

and Today i said to him that I need timeout too

But one day at a time

Trying to be postive @NikNik xx

we have less income , he is still buying things , I do everything , but everything will be ok

Today , is a good day , tomorrow is another day

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@NikNik wrote:

That's awesome @Faith-and-Hope - how long does a sitter... have to... sit when you're painting their portrait?

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Hi @NikNik 😊

I don't have a simple answer to that one ....

In this case I used a combination of things to capture this person's image. I know them, and have known them for a long time, but not on a personal level. Apart from an initial sitting, where I studied them a bit, and took photos, did initial sketches, etc, I also viewed video of them, and referenced other people's photos, including photographic portraits of the person. I built up a composite knowledge of the sitters facial expressions, and general appearance, and painted their portrait from that combined experience ....

Other times I have worked from photos, but not usually a single photo. I develop a composite impression of them from several photos, and try to create and expression on their face that is a familiar one.

That is generally what I do in search of a likeness, because my work is very detailed. I haven't tried to capture someone' s likeness in the context of a single sitting yet, other than artists models, but they were whole body images, not only the face.