http://www.portrait-paintings-from-photo.com/artist_blog Artworks, Portraits, Paintings, Illustrations & Murals by Bob Walton, Fine Art Artist Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:42:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Article By: Bob Walton Most artists like to view and look at the person and objects they want to draw or paint. But if an artist doesn't have access to the actual person or object, they turn to a reference picture. Photos provided by customers are the easiest and best reference ... http://www.portrait-paintings-from-photo.com/artist_blog/why-paint-a-portrait-from-photo/ Are you looking for a personalized unique gift idea?  Have you ever considered a portrait painting? Too time consuming to pose in a studio? Not a problem; how about a portrait painting from photo to make it easy?  Just send us your favorite picture, with your suggestions & parameters, Anne ... http://www.portrait-paintings-from-photo.com/artist_blog/portrait-paintings-from-photo-a-superior-gift/ Why commission an artist? Well, there are plenty of reasons, here are some situations in which you may require a custom picture: Perhaps you are an author, or roleplayer? I sure am! I find it nice to have a picture of my character to better help depict him or her to ... http://www.portrait-paintings-from-photo.com/artist_blog/why-commission-an-artist/ Today, we reached a milestone in SEO for this portrait painting website.  We came up ranked number 10, first page, for the first time, for the generic keyphrase, "portrait paintings from photo" (without quotes). Results will vary from day to day, and should improve in the next couple of days ... http://www.portrait-paintings-from-photo.com/artist_blog/portrait-paintings-from-photo-milestone/ Here's an artistic Keyword phrase search and ranking that popped up on google's webmaster tools, in reference to your site; quite impressive!  Note: week of 8/24/08. "beautiful portrait paintings" google rank # 5 (not sure if it will stick, but it's fun to find these results) Bob http://www.portrait-paintings-from-photo.com/artist_blog/beautiful-portrait-paintings/ Every artist, to further their skills and technique, should learn to paint, "in real time" with live models. Here are two recent portraits I've completed in a studio setting at Artspace, located in downtown Raleigh, NC. Here you can see the model. Though mine wasn't the best painting in the class, it ... http://www.portrait-paintings-from-photo.com/artist_blog/studio-art-with-models/ ·    What’s the painting created with? Basically, paint is color (dye or pigment) held together by medium (oil, acrylic,wax) allows the final painting to be exposed directly to the environment.  Materials such as pastels, watercolors (gouache) generally need a protective layer – such as glass of plastic - separating it ... http://www.portrait-paintings-from-photo.com/artist_blog/art-buying-three-more-important-questions/ RULE #1 buy what you like. No need to "know" styles, particular artists >> the labels of abstract, impressionist, modern art, Monet, etc are not as important as knowing what you like. Rule #2 why do you want the art, ie is it for a specific location, person? Valuation ... http://www.portrait-paintings-from-photo.com/artist_blog/basic-art-buying-rules-to-follow/ A famous art collector is walking through the city when he notices a mangy cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store and he does a double take. He notices that the saucer is extremely old and very valuable, so he walks casually into the store and ... http://www.portrait-paintings-from-photo.com/artist_blog/the-art-collector-a-funny-story/ I would like to take you on a journey from a photo to a graphite drawing; worth to frame and mount on a wall? I don’t know. I’m at the beginning and I don’t know how this will turn out. So this will be FROB-FORB (From Beginner – For Beginners). STEP 1 Select ... http://www.portrait-paintings-from-photo.com/artist_blog/drawing-portraits-from-photo/