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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 63095, member: 59"]Welcome, Chantelle! A very interesting question.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see that you uploaded a picture of both framed portraits to the Media Gallery. It will probably help you get more visibility to attach that picture to this thread as well. Use the little camera icon in the Reply toolbar to embed that picture in a reply here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just from what I've seen so far, it does appear that your portraits are some kind of enhanced copies of photographic images. The term "copies" as used here is not a negative term. That "halo" around the subjects is what gives me that feeling - the original image has been redone by the photographer to give them a more formal look. But there doesn't appear to be any "colorizing" (tinted cheeks, color applied to clothing, jewelry, etc.) that is often seen on photographs that were painted over - is that correct - that the only "color" on these is shades of black and grey?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 63095, member: 59"]Welcome, Chantelle! A very interesting question. I see that you uploaded a picture of both framed portraits to the Media Gallery. It will probably help you get more visibility to attach that picture to this thread as well. Use the little camera icon in the Reply toolbar to embed that picture in a reply here. Just from what I've seen so far, it does appear that your portraits are some kind of enhanced copies of photographic images. The term "copies" as used here is not a negative term. That "halo" around the subjects is what gives me that feeling - the original image has been redone by the photographer to give them a more formal look. But there doesn't appear to be any "colorizing" (tinted cheeks, color applied to clothing, jewelry, etc.) that is often seen on photographs that were painted over - is that correct - that the only "color" on these is shades of black and grey?[/QUOTE]
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