This is a recent picture of my oldest daughter Mackenzie. It has been a while since I've done a painting so I figured it was time.

adorable!

Good job.

Terrific! Great photo and good job on the painting of it! Thanks for posting it.

KathyN

I need to send you some pics of my kids - very nice work.

SJMD wrote:

I need to send you some pics of my kids - very nice work.
I'm always looking for more work .

Thanks for the comment!

Tim

As a trained artist (oil painter) and a full time photographer, I'm not sure what I'm looking at here.

Sorry, but what is it that makes this a "painting" Is there an image missing showing the photograph and then one with a PS filter applied (I only see one image)? I'm just not seeing this as a painting in any way...

Can't say for sure since the image is too small, but looks like you've attempted to perform smudge painting. I'd suggest that you go with bolder strokes. Your final picture is still more on the "photo" side than the "painting" side of the fence. Don't look at other photographers' work. Look at REAL oil portraits and see how the strokes flow. When you paint, I think you can afford for forego a lot of details.

jamesf99 wrote:
As a trained artist (oil painter) and a full time photographer, I'm not sure what I'm looking at here.

Sorry, but what is it that makes this a "painting" Is there an image missing showing the photograph and then one with a PS filter applied (I only see one image)? I'm just not seeing this as a painting in any way...

This was actually a smudge painting. It is not a real painting, just a technique that has the word painting in it.

Tim