Creative interpretations: Civil War Soldier

[Steve Conway]

Originally Posted by Bill M

Hi, Danny, long-time-no-post. But I was moved by some of the renditions here and was inspired to contribute. One of the most popular Civil War songs was "Just Before the Battle, Mother" and that inspired me to do this.
Warmest regards, Bill

I can see you were inspired. This is just great! I've seen actual pictures of my ancestors in the civil war and you have captured the look perfectly, even down to the frame type.

Congratulations.

Steve C.

[bcarll]

Would like to have placed a tear on the cheek of my soldier. Anyone know how to do that?

bcarll

[palms1]

I wanted to practice so have come back to one of my favorite threads ( again )

Bcarll it might be a bit late ( well 4 months ) but is this tut of any use to you ? it is for water droplets which you may be able to make a teardrop out of !

http://photoshopessentials.com/photo...s/water-drops/

Palms

[Peter S]

Palms I think you practicing days are over that is very good, I like it.

Peter

[Janet Petty]

Absolutely wonderful work palms. I'm sure this reenactor would be proud. Thank you for bringing this thread back to life.

Janet

[bcarll]

I too keep coming back to this great civil war picture. Palms you did a great job with your portrait and it inspired me to give it a try. I kept the background just blurred it out. It has some interesting colors in it and shapes so I decided to let it stay in the portrait. This picture is loaded with texture so I didn't texture the finished painting. Hope I did well using this technique.

bcarll

ps--- thanks for the water droplet lead --

[palms1]

bcarl you done great, and your treatment of the background is spot on, I think you are right about the colours and textures, maybe that is what has the appeal

Palms