Stormy Skies, acrylic painting, 8×8, © Michelle Basic Hendry With all of the talk on the Orphan Works Bill in the U.S. it is good to know that there are some ways to put your copyright and contact information right into the image – without having to use a watermark that may make the image […]
Continue ReadingSunsets, Barns and Skies
Sunset over a marsh in Windermere ©Michelle Basic Hendry, 2008 I am excited about my newfound ability to drive distances. It has been a wonderful boost to my art. The only problem is that I can’t seem to stay out of the Jeep and off the backroads! The original impetus was seeking real estate, but […]
Continue ReadingPainting from Photographs – II
So we have been out taking reference photographs….. One thing I forgot to mention is that your photographs need not only be of complete compositions. Your photos can be of particular skies, trees, water, a field, whatever, because the great thing about painting is that you can mix and match different photographs to make a […]
Continue ReadingPainting from Photographs – I
I am currently working on a painting of a cold day at South Bay, Lake Muskoka from some photographs I shot on Wednesday. (I have attached one photo below) Over the next few posts, we will look at the process of why and how I get my photographs and how I use my them in […]
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