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Collection: Portraits
Date Uploaded: Aug 30, 2007

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 Photograph edited with Corel Painter for a watercolor effect.

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 09/17/2007 11:17:42 AM
I like the watercolor effect that you used here Cindi. The majority of the color hues in this portrait are pastel or light & airy which is very pleasing to the eye. It invokes the idea of a breezy spring day even though we don’t see that in a backdrop; we don’t see it but we feel it in the mood that the colors project. There is a strong sense of family togetherness in the poise of them all looking at each other and smiling. There are a couple of things I would recommend to implement so that the visual appeal has more impact. First the blue sky background just doesn’t work for this watercolor portrait. The reason being is because the ‘texture’ of it doesn’t match the ‘texture’ watercolor look & feel on the people in the portrait. It is more of a rough texture brush strokes rather than the smooth blending brush strokes on the people. If you can make the background a blue sky or blue sky with clouds (something to vary the tones rather than a flat one tone color) in the same brush strokes it would compliment the picture better. Next is that I think the fade at the corners doesn’t really compliment the picture – if it were done in a style of being an old time portrait that has faded over the years it would suit the mood better. I would carry the watercolor effect all the way out up to and including the edges. You already have a soft look and feel to the portrait with the watercolor texture I don’t think you need to carry that through to a fade to the edges. Lastly full whites without much tonal variation don’t work too well in the watercolor effect but if there are other elements to the uniform/clothes it could further define what would look like just a flat surface. The gentleman’s uniform in the picture appears mostly flat in tone and brush texture but I think some elements got lost that could help give it more definition. Where is the button down front of the uniform? I am expecting to see that but I don’t see that in the portrait (mayhap the uniform doesn’t have that). I would bring up the tones and contrasts in the metals you see on the right side of his uniform to add more definition and detail to his uniform. I have the same observation on the little girl’s dress in the picture – was she wearing a flat white dress or did it have some ‘textures’ such as a ribbed front or ribbon at the waist? If there was some texture to the material of the dress I would try to bring that out more in the ‘brush’ strokes. If not then one can either ‘add’ that in or mention to the clients who want a watercolor look to wear something with a bit of texture in the material or some tonal variations like the dress the mother is wearing.
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