... needless to say, this was music to my ears! You never know with portraiture... and I certainly wouldn't force a customer to take a picture that "doesn't hit home"!
These kids reside in British Columbia, therefore I didn't have the prerogative to study them in person. The videos I had at my disposal helped compensate in part for this lack. In the end, I decided to express the boy's exuberance and the little girl's obvious determination. The distance between the two was meant to create a tension. The placement of the smaller girl on the right helped increase her importance to the viewer, in my view.
Note: Trying to get the best lighting for this picture, I couldn't avoid subtle cast shadows from trees... however, this was an excellent opportunities to test "high res" photography with my new camera...
Note to self: "With this project and the most recent ones, I have come to realize that I can obtain smooth blending easily both on raw canvas and on primed canvas despite fast drying acrylics and the dryer in-house climate in the winter time. Although my inclination is still to go the route of expressionism, I see an opportunity in mixing styles (expressionism and realism) to create compelling and colorful images. In terms of mark making, my next frontier is splattering!"
