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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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For me, the setting up of "what to paint" is oftentimes harder than doing the actual painting!
FORGET THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN JUST PICK UP YOUR CAMERA AND "GET LUCKY!"
I do many idea sketches...before the shoot.
I look at as many of the Old Masters (and anyone else I can find) to see how they handled the same subject matter.
I scout out possible backgrounds.
I assemble props.
For every hour I spend behind the camera, I have probably put in ten hours of research and set up time!
Even in the case of a simple still life, I often let the objects sit around for days and fiddle with it endlessly before I ever pick up a camera. Even though this is extremely simple, here's one that took nearly as long to set up as it did to paint.
Scotch tape, toothpicks and rubber cement are holding it all together.
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