Colorado Cutie

This Colorado Cutie is Julia. I have just completed this watercolor portrait of Julia as a young girl commissioned by her aunt as a gift for Julia's... more

by Hanne Lore Koehler

Original - Sold

Price

Not Specified

Dimensions

16.000 x 13.000 inches

Title

Colorado Cutie

Artist

Hanne Lore Koehler

Medium

Painting - Watercolor

Description

This Colorado Cutie is Julia. I have just completed this watercolor portrait of Julia as a young girl commissioned by her aunt as a gift for Julia's graduation.

The photo was taken many years ago in her backyard in daylight, which made it a pleasure to work from; however, the background was not very pleasing or complementary to the beautiful image of the child. Her aunt requested that I paint a Colorado autumn scene in the background with gorgeous fall Aspen colors. I splashed tones of yellow, orange and brown to represent the leaves of Aspen trees and then strategically painted some tree trunks and branches so they would not interfere with the portrait. I painted some blue sky areas to complement the blue denim jacket. We could not tell from the photo the color of Julia's eyes so I reflected the blue jean jacket and sunlight in her eyes to make them sparkle. I fell in love with Julia's precious ponytails and to make them stand out, I painted the background much darker and left plenty of white sunlit highlights to accent her delightful fly-away hair.

Julia is now a beautiful young lady with a bright future. All the best, sweetie!

I would love to paint your little one. This portrait was painted in watercolor on Arches 300 lb. watercolor paper (16" x 13"). If you would like to commission a portrait from photo reference in pencil, watercolor or oil on canvas, please feel free to contact me at hannelore@koehlerart.com.

CONTACT ME for any painting commissions and inquiries about original paintings. Visit my website for a general price list at https://www.koehlerart.com/prices.htm. I would be delighted to see your photos and reply with your free price quote for the portrait. All commissions are hand-painted personally by artist Hanne Lore Koehler with sensitivity and attention to detail. Satisfaction guaranteed.

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September 17th, 2013