Colorizing a Black and White

Mio

Hi All

After a near two-year break from painting, I might start up again in the coming months now that I have taken an easier job that gives me more free time (and I get restless).

I have some self portraits in black and white photo (like this one). I would like to try to colorize it but I could use some tips from anyone who has done this with portraits before. It has been a while since I worked with B&W reference photos. If memory serves, I was not the greatest at it.

Thanks

Michael

tassieguy

Hi, @Mio. Good to se you back here. 

I wouldn't know how to go about it myself but @Richard_P has done a couple of portraits using B&W references and they turned out great. I think there's an app you can use to colour B&W photos. 

Richard_P

I had a quick play around:

Mio

Howdy - and wow, that's actually pretty close to real life me. How'd you do it?

Richard_P

There are quite a few sites online that try to colourise an image. I then tweaked the colours and contrast a bit.

Mio

Sounds like a job for the google machine. Thanks again!

oilpainter1950

Welcome back to the forum.  Wondered what had happened to you.

Mio

A long search for new inspiration ... and a couple of moves between countries (again)!