Thank you so much, I help my self with the reference photo a lot and I aim for the stylized realism in the painting. I do art professionally and also as a hobby, hehe.
These series of "Maria Nirvana's" is my spare time daily challenge to work more then I did yesterday, so it is a competition with my own self and laziness.
How I do it? I find or take a great photo (if it is necessary [which most of the time is, because it decreases time spend on the artwork and composition and basic shapes by an extreme measure]), then I incomporate an idea which I want to present (now I mostly play with harmony, balance, energy etc.) and I start to paint layer by layer. This whole process takes me from 2 hours to 8 hours, really depends on how distracted I am, how difficult the composition is and how much detail I want to express.
I take them as a form of a training, a practice. And also it is a nice spice to my work and free time. :)
Thank you so much!
hey @be-do I can already read that you are really proffessional and passionate about it :) It is really nice to hear how your process is going. I will follow you to see new work in the comming future.
Have a nice day buddy.
Thanks!
Have a beautiful day as well.