Photo Painting

Photo Painting is the task taking any given photo and painting it on canvas, paper, wood, and other art mediums. Photo painting is very similar to an artist sitting on a sandy beach and painting the beautiful sunset. The only difference is that in photo painting the artist uses a photo as a reference as opposed to the actual sunset

Photo Painting - Type of Photos

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. In photo painting 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 Painting - Photo Quality

In photo painting the most important thing, aside from finding the a professional artist, is selecting the best photo to be painted. When going about this task, one needs to know the term photo resolution.

Photo resolution is measured by DPI (Dots Per Inch) which specifies how many pixels are in every inch. The higher the resolution is the better the quality of the photo. Higher resolution photo can be printed in bigger sizes as well as displayed on a larger scale on your computer screen. Photo painting is best achieved when using high resolution photo, especially when doing individual / group portraits.

Photo Painting - Painting Mediums

When an artist does photo painting, he or she have a wide variety of painting mediums to choose from. The most common photo painting is an oil painting. Other styles consists of watercolor, charcoal, pencil, pastel, and acrylics. Most individuals seeking a photo painting ask for an oil painting. Those who want a less photo realistic and more abstract interpretation of the photo choose the other mediums