Use reference photo more than once.
Montana Horse Gallery, Donna Allen Weber, Fine Artist.
Using a reference photo more than once.
Just as you can take a comment from another person in many different ways, you can also use a reference photo in many ways! What you see in your reference photo can depend upon your mood or what's happening in your day.
For some reason, I see many things in this reference photo. I've begun to paint from it several times, each time, I had chosen to paint the relationship between these two horses! I'll show you below here, the paintings resulting from my efforts.
All three of these paintings are completely different. In fact, I've done one other painting from this photo, but I don't think I scanned it before I sold it. If you're short on reference photos, don't be afraid to find different works of art in the same photo! I've turned to this photo so many times when I'm looking to start a new painting. Maybe one of these days, I'll get both of these horses in my painting!
In posting these lessons, I'm not suggesting I know everything about painting. My purpose here, is to perhaps help someone to become a better artist, or to lose their fear of trying to become a better artist. If you can learn anything that helps you on your journey, I'm happy with the work I've done in creating these lessons. I will be posting more as more ideas come my way. Click the email me link to your left if these lessons have helped you, if you want me to cover a different subject, or if you'd like to ask me a question...Donna.
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