{"id":208,"date":"2017-08-04T23:09:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T23:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/?p=208"},"modified":"2025-12-06T06:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T06:30:11","slug":"process-tom-lauras-wedding-portrait-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":"Process: Tom &#038; Laura&#8217;s Wedding Portrait Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought it might be fun for you to see the stages of creating this modern fairytale portrait painting. I scheduled about a month, at two days per week, to work on this 16&#8243; x 32&#8243; acrylic painting on canvas. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onelifefineart.com\/faq.html\">To learn more about commissioning a painting, click here.<\/a>\u00a0So without further ado:<\/p>\n<p>Stage 1: Drawing using graphite and then Pitt artist pen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-209\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19875178_1474859372553360_2305403437178796352_n-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19875178_1474859372553360_2305403437178796352_n-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19875178_1474859372553360_2305403437178796352_n-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19875178_1474859372553360_2305403437178796352_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stage 2: Grisaille in Chromium Oxide Green.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-210\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19884142_1475842072455090_6502134631637384937_n-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19884142_1475842072455090_6502134631637384937_n-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19884142_1475842072455090_6502134631637384937_n-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19884142_1475842072455090_6502134631637384937_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stage 3: Colour wash. Quinacridone Red, Pthalo Green and Green Gold.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-211\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19990127_1477123035660327_8235838777242795145_n-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19990127_1477123035660327_8235838777242795145_n-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19990127_1477123035660327_8235838777242795145_n-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19990127_1477123035660327_8235838777242795145_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stage 4: Establish background buildings and sky.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-212\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19990320_1478323425540288_8023448498375394254_n-300x152.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19990320_1478323425540288_8023448498375394254_n-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19990320_1478323425540288_8023448498375394254_n-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19990320_1478323425540288_8023448498375394254_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stage 5: Working on everything but negative space objects.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-213\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20139807_1484804078225556_3850356637678660000_n-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20139807_1484804078225556_3850356637678660000_n-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20139807_1484804078225556_3850356637678660000_n-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20139807_1484804078225556_3850356637678660000_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stage 6 &amp; 7: Work on the car.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-214\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20228229_1485868548119109_9110067919977668981_n-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20228229_1485868548119109_9110067919977668981_n-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20228229_1485868548119109_9110067919977668981_n-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20228229_1485868548119109_9110067919977668981_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-215\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20429769_1492244310814866_8720168609578241035_n-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20429769_1492244310814866_8720168609578241035_n-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20429769_1492244310814866_8720168609578241035_n-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20429769_1492244310814866_8720168609578241035_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stage 8: Paint the figures and adjust the background to create proper recession and focus.\u00a0DONE!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20479511_1497014737004490_6675512787762932090_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-216\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20479511_1497014737004490_6675512787762932090_n-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20479511_1497014737004490_6675512787762932090_n-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20479511_1497014737004490_6675512787762932090_n.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onelifefineart.com\/projects4.html\">To see more of my portraits click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onelifefineart.com\/faq.html\">To learn more about commissioning a painting, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought it might be fun for you to see the stages of creating this modern fairytale portrait painting. I scheduled about a month, at two days per week, to work on this 16&#8243; x 32&#8243; acrylic painting on canvas. To learn more about commissioning a painting, click here.\u00a0So without further ado: Stage 1: Drawing &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218,"href":"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.onelifefineart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}