Hand Painting

For our first project, one of the photographs needs to be hand painted. I tried out hand painting last year, and I really enjoyed it. Usually hand painting looks best on portraits or landscapes. I am more inclined to hand paint landscapes as I am very interested in the natural world and exploration (I am thinking about maybe having exploration/wandering have something to do with my thesis for IB Art). However, I was also interested in seeing what hand painted portraits look like.

I did some research and discovered a New York based artist named Jessie Dinan. Here are some of her portraits:

Jessie Dinan

Jessie Dinan

You can find more of her work on her website: http://www.jessiedinan.com/