''Can I paint your portrait, please?''
Hello and good day fellow steemians!!
Today I am writing a post where I am reaching out to you in the hope that some of you would let me paint your portrait!
The past few months I've been craving new faces to paint but for now the only model whos available is.. myself. Which is fine sometimes, but there are only so many self portraits you can paint before you go a bit crazy...
SO!
My question to you guys is;
Can I paint your portrait, please?
The only thing you have to do is follow these simple steps and upload a photo in the comments section!
Simple rules that qualifies a photo to be painted;
- Take the photo without flash.
- Take the photo in eye level, meaning no photos from high or low angles.
- Preferably the lightsource is natural light / daylight.
- The photo needs a monochrome background. Any color will do.
- No smiling with theeth. ( I hate painting teeth!)
Here are some random photos that I found online that are good examples of great pictures to create painting from;
Like you can see here, they all have a soft natural lught which gives them a good value range, they have monochrome backgrounds, they all are looking at you in eyelevel and no smiles with teeth, hehe!
And just because these are all young and female does NOT mean you have to be to submit a photo, hehe! I love all faces and find them an interesting subjectmatter no matter young, old, male or female.
To give you an idea of the style and way I usually paint my portraits here I've gathered up some examples for you;
So I was thinking that after I've painted a portrait I will write a post about it where I share the process behind the finished product and my thought as I was painting it. I think this will be a fun way to get to know a few of you guys better and to get myself painting some more portraits!
I will obviously tag the person that I paint and 50 % of my earnings from the post will go to the model! :)
This is important though!
If you send me a photo and let me paint it you give me the right to use your photography to create, sell and reproduce my own artistic expression!
So what do you guys think?
Have you ever been a model before?
Have you ever been painted before?
I hope some of you will be up for the challenge and if you have any questions of course feel free to ask! :)
I would love to have my portrait painted! I really love your work!
Here are two pictures to choose from:
Fantastic @stephie.spicer! 😊🙏 Both photos are very good! I can't wait to paint your portrait! 😍
Awesome! I can't wait to see it!
That's a great idea! I modelled for a few years when I was in my early 20s. I think I do have a couple photos that fits your criteria. Where should I send them to? I've never been painted before :D
Fantastic @cryptofortuna!! 😊 You can upload it here in the comment thread, or yo can go on the steemit chat and send it to me there ;) Looking forward to seeing your photos! :)
I'll send one here but I have to dig through my old pics to find the good ones. The light on this one is not natural but I thought you could do something with it. What do you think?
Thank you so much for contributing to the project @cryptofortuna! 🙏😊 I think the photo has a lot of good qualities that could be transferred to a painting! The only thing that could make it challenging is like you said, the light. And potentially the arm blocking some off the light on the left side.. That apart thought, your got it down!
After looking at my pics, I don't have any without shadow on my face :( I have another headshot but I have the same shadow on the other side.
The photos doesn't have to be without shadows @cryptofortuna! :) It was just the one shadow cast by the arm that was throwing me a bit. But! That being said, everything is figureoutable ;)
Not sure if this works.
Hey @rubenalexander! :) Thank you very much for submitting a photo! This could work 😉 Thank you! 😊
I am so down for this!! I’m a self portrait photographer AND a painter. It would be so RAD if you painted me!! I will send you a pic ASAP. I am going to take a couple fresh ones just for you!! But if your curious what I look like you can check out my page, it’s mostly self portraits 😍
Hi @wildempress!! 😊 That just sounds perfect! I've visited your profile and really like your photos AND your face!! 😍 I am SO looking forward to paint you! 🙏😍
Hi @wildempress!! 😀 This looks great! If you could make a link so I could have a look and pick one or two myself that would be perfect!! 😍 Thank you so much for doing this! 😊🙏
I dm’d you the link in your Instagram, so that not everyone can access it 😉
Yes, great! :D I saw, just going through them now ;)
I would like to participate. I'll send it on the steemit chat ;)
Yey! :D Thank you sweet @maxjoy! :D
That's a really cool idea :) Re-esteemed! Hopefully some of my followers are less shy than me :P
Thank you so much @herverisson! 😊 Heheh, it's ok to be shy too ;) I appreciate your resteem!! 😊
Hey there! It's a fantastic idea! I always wanted have my painted portrait! And here you are hehe! Where I can upload photo? :)
Hey @babettxx! 😊 Super!! Heheh! You can upload the photo here in the comment thread or send it to me in a private message on the steemit chat! 😉 Looking forward to seeing your photo!!
Cool! Will send it tomorrow or later on steemit chat! 😊
Fantastic!! 😊
Okay, I upload it here, hihi. Sorry for the delay! Looking forward for your work! 😊
Thank you very much @babettxx!! :D <3
Awesome initiative! Would love to have a self portrait :) What about wearing glasses?
Great @michelmake!! 😊 Wearing glasses is totally fine! ;)
That´s great! A nice opportunity to see what more can be done with this community :)
Thank you @sigrid.nepelius! 😊 Yes, I've seen some really cool art collaborations here on steemit and would love if this one works out! :)
If I find something maybe to help you, I will send it...Never had any portrait of mine, except self portraits @matasky.It would be nice for a change to see myself in different eyes :)
Fantastic @jungwatercolor!! 😊 It would be a pleasure to get to paint you! 😊
red-hair life phase :) not sure if this will work for you
Fabulous @jungwatercolor! :D <3 This will work for sure! :) Thank you so much :) Can't wait to paint you :)
Can't wait to see it :))))
First of all, you're extremely good! The ability you have to capture emotions is outstanding. I'm especially in love with the one with the dreadlocks. I like drawing portraits too, but until now they are personal because I still struggle to make them look real.
It would be a pleasure to get a portrait from you, but I don't think I have pictures that fit the criteria right now. The backgrounds aren't monochrome.
I'm not a model at all but maybe this could be a nice excuse to do a very fun photoshoot. I'll try for sure!
Aww, thank you so much @hayleeng! :D
It is preferable if the photo has a monochrome background, but a photo that fits the other criterias could have a multi colored background and still work. :)
I would be so happy if you submitted your portrait. <3 For sure do a fun photoshoot! :D Now you have the perfect excuse ;)