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Painting project

Winter is the perfect time for looking back at summer holiday photos. Not only do they cheer us up when it’s cold and wet outside, but they are great as reference for indoor drawing and painting, which is what I did with three of my photos (seen here).

Using a photo for reference doesn’t mean we have to replicate the scene just as it was. As artists we’re

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