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Jet · 01-26-2010, 03:48 PM

I hadn't done any fine art for almost 25 years when I did this portrait
of my grandmother in pencil on Bristol board. This was done with an acetate grid of half -inch squares over
the original photo which matched a faint pencil grid that I measured out on the Bristol sheet.

Then I scanned the pencil portrait at 600 dpi
and colorized it Photoshop.
The final output for framing is 16 x 22.

Bit · 01-27-2010, 12:26 PM

Wow! Y'all are doing some amazing art!

I've been burning glue again, but I have no pictures yet... actually, I keep forgetting to take pics before I either give things away or take them to the consignment store. Now if only they will sell, I will be a happy camper--but actually, I'm a happy camper just because I get to design and create. Once I have the shapes cut out, glued together, and burnt, I paint them, wire them together, and dangle all sorts of beads off them--they're shiny and they move, it makes my heart sing, lol....

01-26-2010, 03:48 PM	#1
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,647 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	I hadn't done any fine art for almost 25 years when I did this portrait of my grandmother in pencil on Bristol board. This was done with an acetate grid of half -inch squares over the original photo which matched a faint pencil grid that I measured out on the Bristol sheet. Then I scanned the pencil portrait at 600 dpi and colorized it Photoshop. The final output for framing is 16 x 22.

01-27-2010, 12:26 PM	#2
Bit Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stonefemme Relationship Status: married to Gryph Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,177 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,126 Thanked 3,770 Times in 1,264 Posts Rep Power: 10778870	Wow! Y'all are doing some amazing art! I've been burning glue again, but I have no pictures yet... actually, I keep forgetting to take pics before I either give things away or take them to the consignment store. Now if only they will sell, I will be a happy camper--but actually, I'm a happy camper just because I get to design and create. Once I have the shapes cut out, glued together, and burnt, I paint them, wire them together, and dangle all sorts of beads off them--they're shiny and they move, it makes my heart sing, lol....