After painting the girls, the boys got their turns. They had their own brand of whimsey. (My cousin, Norman Rockwell, could have made a Rockwellian story about these boys, I think.)
There are many approaches to building a good portrait oil painting. I usually prefer that of the Old Masters myself. Although I use photography for my references so that people (especially children) don’t have to sit around, the following technique is straight from the 1600’s: Looking at my references I draw them out on the [...]
… when we ended up in the gazebo, I knew we had the right spot. Even the sun was amazingly cooperative. Strong lights that rimmed the sides of their bodies. Yes!
… might be the best time to do a portrait in a person’s whole life! The child looks like the person he or she will become but is the cutest, most alive, and most innocent. I’m talking about a full-length portrait—when the body has a terrific ratio of height to width that just fits the canvas. Don’t’ get me wrong, all ages are wonderful, of course!
This is a portrait that I did recently of a little boy at the beach. Yes, he is a cutie pie and I appreciated his cooperation to be photographed for my reference shots. However, another really wonderful thing about this portrait is that this is the last of 6 grandchildren that I painted for his [...]
