In case you haven't noticed, I have a thing for drawing and painting babies. Though most of the larger portraits I am asked to do are oils of 3-6 yr olds, I get lots of requests for charcoal or graphite, now pastel of casual pictures of babies. I have this picture that I really like and am trying to figure out what would be a good way to do it. It sort of reminds me of this portrait by an SOG member Holman Hollis here.
http://hollmannhollis.com/Portrait/di_tanner.htm
If given this photo and asked to do something with it, would you use for one, AND how would you approach it? Black and white on a white or gray background? Maybe use a black background to begin with? I also have color photos of this baby from the same day, so I could use this pose and do it in color? Would you use this picture as is similar to the way Hollis did the above? Or crop it in someway and how?
I would really like your feedback.
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