Articles: advice
Practical advice from the artist: choosing a photo for a portrait, picking a frame, caring for an oil painting, and what a commission costs.
How to commission an oil painting from your own idea: a landscape of a special place, a still life, a painting for a room. Briefing, sketch, timing and price.
Does an oil painting need a frame? How to match the moulding to the subject and interior, and how framing a portrait differs from a landscape.
Which photograph works for an oil portrait and which doesn't. Requirements for sharpness, lighting, and angle. What to do with old and imperfect photos.
What determines the price of an oil portrait from a photo: market ranges by size and number of people, what's included, why oil beats digital print.