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Before you decide on what kind of painting from pictures project you would like for your home, shop around. Different companies offer different services and you want to make certain that you will get what you want from the painting from pictures piece upon its completion. One of the things that any company offering paintings from pictures should have is a gallery of their past work. This is important because you want to see how other people who had paintings from picture project done with this company fared with their particular project. The gallery should show various painting from pictures works on different subjects – as varied as family portraits, pets, scenery and more. The more painting from pictures examples they have available for you to peruse, the more comfortable you will become in commissioning your own paintings from picture project. Additionally, there should offer some kind of feedback, either available on the premises or on their Web site, from other customers who have had a painting from pictures completed. The feedback will give you a general idea of how happy past customers have been as well as specific information on how other customers have felt about the process of obtaining a painting from pictures. Painting from Picture: The Artist Other information that you should be privy to before giving the go ahead on your painting from picture project is the history of the artist that will be doing the work. You will want to know about previous projects they have completed, where or if they have shown professionally before and how long they have been involved in doing...
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Picture to Oil Painting: Commissioning the Project When you are taking commissioning a picture to oil painting project, there are some considerations when you are picking out the photo you plan to use. For example, for most people, the photos that they are most likely to choose for a picture to oil painting piece are ones of their children or family members. However, you may consider getting more creative once you realize the possibilities of a picture to oil painting piece. While family and personal memorabilia is great, this would be a wonderful opportunity to show off your own creative genius. The sky is the limit when it comes to the type of photo that would make a great picture to oil painting piece. Once you know it can be done, you can start taking photographs with the mind set of turning pictures to oil paintings. Picture to Oil Paintings: Getting “the Shot” If you have always wanted a painting of a garden for your bedroom or one of the beach for your bathroom, why not go the picture to oil painting route. Head to your favorite spot and capture a few shots on your camera for a picture to oil painting piece. Then, go online or visit a store that specializes in doing pictures to oil paintings and have them convert your photograph. Not only will you have the painting you’ve dreamed of, you will also be able to feel proud that the picture to oil painting piece came from your personal photography collection. It’s as if you’ve become an artist overnight with your very own a pictures...
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Oil Painting from Picture: Frequently Asked Questions The Oil painting from picture process dated back to the ancient Roman times and have consists of numerous styles. The well known Mona Lisa from the Renaissance period to paintings from the Western Art which dates back to the 19th century. Oil painting from picture emerged towards the second part of the 20h century. The process of oil painting varies from one artist to another, but most artists use a similar steps in creating an oil painting masterpiece. Initially the artist prepares the surface which can be canvas, wood, paper or cardboard. Next, the artist sketches an outline of their subject, object, or scenery. Following this, the artist adds a number of layer of oil paint, each covering the previous one. The first layer or “underpainting” is normally painted with turpentine thinned paint. This layer helps to cover the white of the canvas. Today, artists doing oil painting from picture use the same set of steps which vary slightly, depending on the oil painting being painted. The most widely used surface in oil painting from picture is canvas made from linean or cotton fabric. Some artist prefer to first stretch the canvas onto wood while others attach it to a painting stand before adding any oil paint on the canvas The artist most often uses a set of brushes to apply the oil paint, although some other techniques can be used such using a palette knife or rags. Brushes are created from a variety of fibers in order to give the artist a flexible way to add thick strokes of paint as...
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Throughout the 20th century artists have been painting pictures of world leaders, and other high-class people. In the last few decades it has become a common practice for the middle-class to commission portraits from photos of children, beloved ones, whole families, pets, or even houses. Painting pictures is multi-step process, which involves selecting the right photo or photos, choosing the most suitable painting size, customizing your painting, and choosing the most suitable company to transform your picture into a painting Selecting the right photo It all starts with an image, which can be any kind of photo. Photos can be presented as prints or digital photos. Although digital photos make the best choice for a photo, companies who paint pictures understand that many clients have old photos which were taken when digital technology wasn’t available, so it is still possible to use old photos when painting pictures Choosing the painting size Most companies will offer numerous paintings sizes when painting your pictures. The most common sizes are: 12″x16″, 16″x20″, 20″x24″, 24″x36″, 30″x40″, 36″x48″, 48″x72″. When selecting the painting size, be sure that the size fits the place where the painting will hang, and will not be too big or too small. Also, if your painting has more than 1-3 subjects, you may opt to select a bigger size painting Customizing your painting One of the many benefits of painting pictures is the possibility to customize the painting. This means that the artist can make any types of modification to your painting, such as changing the background, combining different photos together, changing the clothes a person is wearing, and removing...
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When doing photo to oil painting transformation, best results are achieved in selecting the perfect photo or photos. In this article we will discuss how to choose the right photos when doing a photo to oil painting transformation. The article will talk about photo resolution, photo coloring, group photos, and black and white photos. Photo to Oil Painting – Photo Resolution Like a tile mosaic, every digital photo is made up of tiny dots called pixels. Each pixel has its own color and brightness, and millions of these pixels combined together make up your digital photo. The more pixels the photo has, the higher the resolution is. When doing photo to oil painting, artists prefer to work with high resolution photos. The reason is that higher resolution means more pixels which make up the image, and the more pixels there are, the more the image becomes clear to the artist who needs to be able to see the small details when painting the oil portrait Photo to Oil Painting – Photo Coloring Today, digital cameras have many different settings for night photography, day photography, macro photography, nature photography, and so on.. As it turns out, most people do not always pay attention to the right settings when taking digital photos, and as a result, the colors come out looking unrealistic. Photo to oil painting transformation requires the artist to capture the true colors of the photo, whether he or she is painting one or multiple subjects, pets, animals, or a beautiful landscape photo. So it is important to choose photos where the colors are very close to the true...
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Photo Painting is the task taking any given photo and painting it on canvas, paper, wood, and other art mediums. It is very similar to an artist sitting on a sandy beach and painting the beautiful sunset. The only difference is that the artist uses a photo as a reference as opposed to the actual sunset. Which photos can be painted Can an artist paint any type of photo, or are there only specific photos which can be painted? Photo Painting is divided into four groups: Individual / group portrait, pet/animal portrait, landscape portrait, and other portrait. The first three are straight forward, and the last is any photo which does not fall into any of the three categories. An artist can be experienced in any category. However, better results are achieved when an artist has been concentrating on a specific category throughout their artistic profession. It is also arguable that individual / group portraits are the hardest to do, since they require the artist to capture the physical characteristics of the individuals being painted, which is not an easy task. Pet lovers will most likely argue that pet portraits are as difficult. However, if an artist paints a dog a little overweight, or his nose a little too wide, it is not the same as doing the same for an individual. Photo Quality In a photo painting process the most important thing, aside from finding a professional & experienced artist, is selecting the picture to be painted. When going about this task, one needs to know the term photo resolution. Photo resolution is measured by DPI (Dots Per...
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