On the hills

cbor47

Did this Painting of a friend from her photo of her on the mountains, oil on panel 16 x 22 inches.

oilpainter1950

That's a different view point.  Interesting.

allforChrist

Wow, very unique.  Impressive!

Do you know what mountains these are?

cbor47

allforChrist said:

Wow, very unique.  Impressive!

Do you know what mountains these are?

Yes there are at a place called bone caves Inch na damp near Lochinver Scotland. 

cbor47

allforChrist said:

Wow, very unique.  Impressive!

Do you know what mountains these are?

Inch na Damph

tassieguy

That's a great view out of the cave, @cbor47. I wanted to do something similar, a grotto by the sea,  but I was afraid of all the dark. I don't know how to make my camera do what I need and so the reference I got just showed black inside the grotto and the bright light outside blew all the colour out. . No doubt a better photographer could have got it to work. I think what you have done works well. 

Richard_P

Really good composition! Very nice painting indeed

cbor47

tassieguy said:

That's a great view out of the cave, @cbor47. I wanted to do something similar, a grotto by the sea,  but I was afraid of all the dark. I don't know how to make my camera do what I need and so the reference I got just showed black inside the grotto and the bright light outside blew all the colour out. . No doubt a better photographer could have got it to work. I think what you have done works well. 

Thanks, Tassieguy, The girl and her husband are good at taking Photos which
they take a lot of whilst walking on the hills in Scotland, she is a friend of mine
and gave me permission to paint from that  photograph which I just thought loved,

cbor47

Richard_P said:

Really good composition! Very nice painting indeed

Thanks, Richard_P

heartofengland

May I ask what the biggest challenge was and which bits work for you the most?

cbor47

Hi heartofengland, the biggest challenge was getting the girl right even although she is black against the mountain side, I could see features that would make her recognisable which she confirmed, I think overall everything works reasonably well, that said , never happy with any photos I take of finished paintings,  when   posted on this and other sites, you can see they lose some quality due to the fact I'm hopeless at photography,  I could blame the cheap camera but I would be the same with the top of the range😅

RUESGA

@tassieguy I once saw a Mark’s video where he suggest taking two photos with a tipod, one adjusting for the light parts and the second adjusting for the shadows, and mixing them on photoshop… I haven’t tried ot out yet but it sounds like a good idea 😃

heartofengland

Yes, the subtle highlight on the near leg and the cavern floor give it depth. It would have been easy to silhouette everything and lose the 3d. I like the posture of the figure, she has weight and movement.

I hope your friend is pleased😉