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FT Pro, Mem SOG,'08 Cert Excellence PSA, '02 Schroeder Portrait Award Copley Soc, '99 1st Place PSA, '98 Sp Recognition Washington Soc Portrait Artists, '97 1st Prize ASOPA, '97 Best Prtfolio ASOPA
Joined: Jun 2001
Location: Peterborough, NH
Posts: 1,114
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Eyeglasses
Eyeglasses can be difficult to paint because of the distortion to the features that they can cause. I usually handle this in two ways.
1. If the sitter is someone who always wears glasses, I prefer to paint them holding their glasses - not wearing them. Also, frame styles change often and can seriously "date" a painting.
2. If I must paint someone wearing glasses, I take reference photographs of the sitter with glasses and without. I paint the face first (without the glasses) and add them later. I try to lose the edges of the frames wherever possible as it looks more "real." Here is a painting that I did this way.
Good luck!
Last edited by Cynthia Daniel; 11-12-2001 at 08:51 PM.
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