affinity photo Still Life Impressionistic Painting

[RevTim]

I love to see how far I go with creating a painterly look beginning with a photo. The original photo (below) is actually a montage of many images found on the web - vases, flowers, draperies, figurines, etc. were are separate images. The resulting combined painting was created solely from Affinity Photo's default filters & layer blend modes, and without using any brushwork. Ultimately, the document contained 22 layers.

Original Photo/montage

[William Overington]

When I read the first part of the text that you had written I decided to have a good look at your result before reading the rest and looking at the original picture, so as to avoid my reaction being influenced by the original.

I got the impression of a long dining table going perspectively into the distance with people sat each side at a dinner.

Perhaps a bit like the layout in the film Citizen Kane a bit after 40 minutes 30 seconds into the movie, yet the people mixed company in France around 1890, including at the left a lady wearing a large pink hat.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074n82/citizen-kane

William

 

[RevTim]

Wow! Thanks for the very flattering comparison. If only my work was a groundbreaking as Welle's film! I was going for semi-abstract in style, although I also like doing completely abstract work - which may be my next project.