Postumous and Retrospective Portraits

I have found that old prints, engravings and black and white photographs can be used with great effect to create oil portraits in colour. Some examples of recent commissions based on such material are shown below.

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Postumous 1
The source material was an uncoloured lithograph, so I had to research the hair colour elsewhere.
Postumous 2
This was based on a 1966 black and white photograph, when the subject was in Borneo. Photograph by Wendy Hicks of the PinMill Studio. 01473-780130 or email info@thepinmillstudio.com
Postumous 2
A 1950 black and white photograph was used for this, with some changes to the background.

 

Postumous 3
A 1986 black and white photograph was used for this, when the subject was serving as High Sherriff.
Postumous 4
This portrait was based on a 1920 black and white photograph, but I had to add his Second World War medal ribbons and upgrade his rank to Brigadier