Portraits

You might have read that back in August Pat and I took the trailer to Washburn, WI, where she attended a workshop on painting with watercolors. One of the subjects covered was painting portraits.

Until this class, she had generally avoided portraits because her images didn't seem to come out looking enough like the original subject to be acceptable.

That all changed because of the class! There, she learned a relatively easy way to create portraits. (Easy for artists, that is. It's still magic to me.)

Here's a sample with which she is nearly finished. This was from a photo I took last winter. Because we know the person, we know that the person and the photo both have plenty of "character"—always good for a painting.

Enjoy!