A Portrait using Multiple Photographs

"The Wildflower Trail" | Acrylic On Canvas | 40" x 30"

   This is my latest portrait commission. The subjects of the piece are two sisters. The setting is Baxter State Park where the girls love to go with their mom. The composition was created using multiple photographs taken at the park. 

   The mom and I worked together to create the composition. She wanted the girls walking through the field of flowers, but didn't have the exact pose in any of the photographs that she took. After looking through several different photos, we picked several that I could work with to come up with the layout of the painting. By combining them digitally on the computer I was able to create the composition for the piece that became my reference for the painting.

   Below are the images that I used. The heads were taken from the top photograph. The smaller girls 

body was taken from the second photo with her walking through the field. The older sister's body was taken from the second photo on the right. The bottom photo was used for the background and road.