Karin - Thanks so much!

That's really helpful!

I really want to give this a try since it was the boy's favorite shirt. I'm going to try keeping the base light blue and the check pattern darker blue fairly close in value so that the pattern will (hopefully) stay relatively quiet, and not turn into a distraction. If it doesn't turn out, I've already got an OK to paint the shirt a solid light blue... so I'll just paint it over if need be.

Let us know how it goes!

Where did you get that photo
 

Terri:

Sorry I can't help with your check problem other than to say that if I'm forced to include a garment with a difficult pattern, I'll either "indicate" it, or or leave it alone and paint the basic background of the garment.

I really like that photo you included. Did you take it? Indoor film or outdoor? Did you use artificial light or outside light coming in from the window.

Hi Richard,

Well thanks! I'm still trying to get the whole photography thing right. The one thing that bothered me about this photo was the glare on his glasses, I've got other photos of him without them, so I'm fudging that right eye a bit. This was taken with a Digital camera (Canon Digital Rebel) and is using only the natural light from the windows in the room. I don't honestly remember what settings were on the camera, but I would assume I set a custom white balance first (using the light in that spot) so that the colors would be as true as possible. I've got this painting started but haven't gotten into the check pattern yet, just posted it in Work in Progress .