Winifred's Portrait & Fine Art Gallery

Winifred Photographing High School Seniors

winifredwhitfield — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:25:00 +0000

Photographing High School Seniors Naturally. I don’t photograph lots of seniors but when I do I enjoy it. They are definitely fun to work with. I like to keep things simple, natural, and outdoors when possible using simple but complimentary settings. I think long tern and don’t want to go wild with the possibilities which [...]

Winifred’s Homage to Gustav Klimt

winifredwhitfield — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:43:08 +0000

This video shares my process, my inspiration and my thinking for the painting of this portrait. This process started when Karen Bonaker, instructor at the Digital Art Academy, mentioned that one of my paintings reminded her of Klimt with all of the gold on it. I thought I should go further and created this piece. [...]

Winifred’s Paintings of Italy

winifredwhitfield — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:10:38 +0000

Among the most beautiful countries in the world. The world may not have needed my landscapes and portrait creations - but I created them anyway. I was there in 2008 and I am still selecting and painting images from that trip. I must say that the beautiful light Italy is known for hid itself during [...]

Resources I Believe In

winifredwhitfield — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:15:19 +0000

I use these products – I believe in them. Corel Painter Brushes: Skip Allen Paints – AWESOME PAINTER BRUSHES to DOWNLOAD FREE, lots of tutorials and other industry info. Sign up t0 receive his BLOG Skip Allens Gold Lef Brushes – Plus A must have – even if you don’t know it yet Karen Bonaker’s [...]

Concept Artist Inspired Image

winifredwhitfield — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:13:41 +0000

Allow Your Creativity to Soar This was my painting yesterday. Where does it all come from! I like it. It’s fun. Actually I was inspired by some of the concept artist – illustrators who design for games and other animation. This was my twist on it. Can you believe even that the necklace was painted. [...]

Creativity with Nik Software

winifredwhitfield — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:02:16 +0000

When I am working on a photograph or when I know I am going from a photograph to a painting, I have a very definite workflow which includes NIK software. I find this first image – warm and loving. Nik Color Effect’s filter Dynamic Skin Softener has been applied. We could stop there – but [...]

Winifred’s Ladies in the Parlor

winifredwhitfield — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:21:40 +0000

Make Some Marks For some reason – this piece makes me thing I am looking into a doll house. Probably the colors, the fact that a room was created, their doll like figures all contribute to this. Did I have this in mind when I started – indeed not. I just started. Open a blank [...]

Winifred Whitfield Painting from Imagination

winifredwhitfield — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:36:06 +0000

In this digital environment, we have so many options available to us in how we create paintings. We can clone and take information and color from an underlying image, while retaining the ability to add new information, brushstrokes and unique creativity. We can paint on top of an image, smoothing, blending, changing texture and color. [...]

Corel Painter 12 – Creating an Image Portfolio

winifredwhitfield — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:38:13 +0000

Maintain frequently used images in your custom image portfolio in Corel Painter to have them close at hand when you need them. Use them as backgrounds, overlays, image details. or just a starting point for your painting. This Video will show you how.

Corel Painter 12 Using Paper Textures To Enhance Your Paintings

winifredwhitfield — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:03:09 +0000

Using Paper Textures Creatively The beauty and texture of your painting is determined not only by your choice of brushes but your choice of paper texture as well. I enjoy creating paper textures. I created several recently and decided to show you how this works in Corel Painter. this gives you yet another creative tool [...]