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Old 12-30-2006, 10:46 PM
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Creative Portraits: Bride and Groom

How about painting or sketching this happy couple? Photo courtesy of Stock Exchange.

Have fun...

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Old 12-31-2006, 05:13 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Bride and Groom

Hi Danny, Happy New Year.
Try to improve my Pencil Sketch technique.
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Old 12-31-2006, 06:55 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Bride and Groom

Best Wishes to the handsome couple!
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Old 12-31-2006, 07:00 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Bride and Groom

I remember those days when ...........
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Old 12-31-2006, 07:10 AM
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Looks like crossstitch Swampy. Very pretty!
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Old 12-31-2006, 08:54 AM
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Thank you Klassy. :-)

I like the effect you have added, but I might have masked out the background where it runs through the grooms face. Love the effect otherwise.
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Old 12-31-2006, 10:56 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Bride and Groom

The cartooned happy couple.

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Old 12-31-2006, 11:30 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Bride and Groom

A colored pencil look..
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Old 12-31-2006, 11:39 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Bride and Groom

Just a stab...
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Re: Creative Portraits: Bride and Groom

A traditional version done mainly in Painter using the Sargent brush.
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Re: Creative Portraits: Bride and Groom

As my eldest son is getting married later in the year i needed the practice

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Old 01-01-2007, 04:32 PM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Bride and Groom

I suppose its an extreme airbrush one from me.

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