My 3 Dolls

[John Reidy]

Attached is a post of a portrait of three sisters, one is 5, one is 3 and one is 2. The photography was conducted at the Reynolda Gardens in Winston Salem, NC. We brought flowers, a basket and vials of soap for blowing bubbles. The mother was very helpful.

I took about 100 shots in about an hour's time and we captured about a dozen good photographic sources.

I didn't do a color study but I wish I had. I did keep one of the dresses for color reference.

The portrait measures 22"W x 32"H. I had to add some steps and extend the upper portions of the columns and the trees to fit the size. It is oil on linen.

[Julie Deane]

Hi John -

I bet the mom is ecstatic! I like your composition of different rectangles that you worked in. Can you post any closeups?

[John Reidy]

Julie-

Thank you. This is a Christmas present so the mom won't see it for a while yet. Others have seen it and they are very happy.

I'm happy to post some closeups. The girls faces are rather small, each is only about 2-1/2" high. It was a challenge for me as I am used to painting larger faces.

Below are closeups of each girl.

[Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco]

Hi John, did you think about this when you painted?

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cg...erSection=work

Very nice work!
Ilaria

[John Reidy]

Hi, Ilaria,

If you're referring to their size, yes, I thought long and hard before committing but I usually enjoy a challenge.

If you are referring to the composition, most of it was suggested in the photograph. I played with the cropping to achieve my goal.

Thanks for your kind words. I feel neglectful to the website as I have been rarely active due to my schedule. I've been lucky to be busy but now I see a lull coming up unless an interested prospect decides to go through with a portrait, hopefully to start before Christmas.

Time to start some marketing and selling again.

[Julie Deane]

John -

you got an amazing amount of detail in! Very nice.