Hand painted photos

Sometimes I think this endless quest of mine is pretty much all about finding new ways to present my photos. And every time I find something satisfactory I move on and look for something else.
I just like to see how the same photo can get a whole new meaning; leave the nest and fly away sort of thing….
One of the things I enjoy much is painting my photos, not only because of the obvious benefit of having a direct contact with my photo but also because it’s a type of a photo presentation that has no rules. I can hand color my photos using watercolor, acrylic, or oil paints. Sometime I might use color pencils, gel and metallic pens, or even permanent markers. I print my photos on various papers and then see how each one of them works with different paints.
Semi-gloss and matte are often better choices than gloss paper, which doesn’t hold the paints that well, but than again any gloss paper can be treated to receive paints. I also print my photos onto canvas or watercolor paper but my real favorite is painting my darkroom prints. Nothing shimmers like that silver-halide!
Downtown Boston Camera: Nikon N75 Technique: Hand painted photo

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8 Responses to “Hand painted photos”

1. Clifford Gwinn says:

   December 4, 2011 at 3:09 pm

   Nice! I used the Marshall`s in the day.
2. Nitsa M. says:

   December 4, 2011 at 8:13 pm

   yeah, I need to look at the original but if I remember correctly this one was done with Marshall's as well.
3. Pj McArdle says:

   December 5, 2011 at 12:40 pm

   Nice work. Takes time. It probably was Marshall’s. That was, is the standard. What photo paper did you use?
4. William Kazak says:

   December 5, 2011 at 12:51 pm

   Very nice. It was a real shame that you didn’t want to meet me in Chicago.
5. Nitsa says:

   December 6, 2011 at 12:20 pm

   PJ, I think it was a canvas paper.
   William, of course I wanted to meet you, it just didn’t work out for me.
6. Dave Beckerman says:

   December 8, 2011 at 5:54 am

   +Nitsa M. Like this rendition very much. I have the same feeling, which is to say that one of the most enjoyable parts of the process is taking an image that I've seen a million times and giving it a new set of clothes through some new technique – or at least new to me.
7. Dave Beckerman says:

   December 8, 2011 at 5:54 am

   +Nitsa M. Like this rendition very much. I have the same feeling, which is to say that one of the most enjoyable parts of the process is taking an image that I've seen a million times and giving it a new set of clothes through some new technique – or at least new to me.
8. Sue Butler says:

   December 27, 2011 at 1:28 pm

   Very nice.