two pics, same work. top with white balance, bottom with automatic setting
My friend Paul Frontiero aka Capeannpainter recently posted about taking pictures of his artwork. His issue is the photos lean towards blue. One of his readers suggested he use the white balance feature. I have never tried the white balance, so I did. My simple $100 kodak digital has a white balance with three simple settings: daylight, florescent, tungsten. I used the daylight setting, with close-up. The white balance worked! the top pic reads true. I also tweeked the contrast a bit to get the pic closer to the drawing.
media for this face with no name (for now) is gesso, conte crayon and aluminum leaf on canvas, 14x16". The composition is simply two shapes that i am in the process of complicating. I use this same composition to start landscapes, standing figures, still life. I have accumulated quite an inventory of these faces during the past three years. some with names, some without. This one has been on the drawing table for 3 weeks, and may or may not be done.
click the pics for close-ups.
best,
deb.
1 comment:
I like this a lot. Good work
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