WIP commission

[Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco]

I just played with the IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS slides. Garth is the real expert here, try to trace some of his posts, they are very useful.
There is also a thread by yinthia on how to adjust photos of paintings.
I think a big part in setting the mood will be played by the background here.
Ilaria

[Mischa Milosevic]

Thanks Ilaria, I have been looking around. As you can see there is a lot of adjusting to be done. I did play some with selective color. I am doing what I can to make the adjustments on canvas. Do you maybe have any suggestions for a background?
mischa

[Cindy Procious]

Hi Mischa,

You have an interesting commission ahead of you - someone else's photo and a surprise painting, to boot.

You should be sure to start with the best reference you can. You certainly don't want to use the colors from the photo you have, and although what Ilaria did is good - it's a bit washed out.

Also you will want to tip your reference to match the angle you're painting, otherwise you'll have major alignment issues.

Here's a black & white with a simple value pattern to follow - and an adjusted color one.

Good luck!
Cindy

[Mischa Milosevic]

Cindy hi, Just got back from fitness class my wife and I go to.

I really appreciate you taking the time. This will certainly help.

Thank you!
mischa

[Chris Saper]

Mischa,

Even though the lighting isn't ideal, at least it is directional and interesting.

I'll see how this looks when I post it, but I tinkered in Photoshop with Image-adjust-levels to gain a full value range, then with image-adjust-photofilter-blue to try to compensate for the white balance problem in the source photo.

I look forward to seeing this painting as it happens, it is more like a demo-in-progress

[Cindy Procious]

Originally Posted by Chris Saper

I tinkered in Photoshop with Image-adjust-levels to gain a full value range, then with image-adjust-photofilter-blue to try to compensate for the white balance problem in the source photo.

Yummy blue highlights!

[Mischa Milosevic]

Ok, I did push the shadows dark but wiped it off. I would love to do this the Caravaggio look but I need to have this one close to the executive look.

This is what is done so far. The background, blocked in the big shapes, attempted to establish a natural skin hue and experimented with keeping the values in a day time setting, with a single light source.

Please feel free to critique and give suggestions (I do not mind if you make marks or adjustment on the image).

Thank you ever so much!
mischa