The Couple's First Dance
by Angela Stanton
Title
The Couple's First Dance
Artist
Angela Stanton
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
A recent wedding I photographed the couple danced some amazing and beautiful dance. This painting is an exaggerated dip with the bride in her gorgeous flowing gown. Rather than attempting to capture them as a photograph, I wanted to capture the mood.
This is digitally painted by hand on my computer. Digitally painted pictures printed on canvas have the nicest effects. Since I was a painter in oil and other mediums like tempera for 30 years, I understand what an oil paint should look like and I those skills are added to my digital paintings.
Digital paintings have many advantages over paintings that were originally painted on canvas or paper and then photographed and posted for sale as print. The most important of these advantages of digital over "real" is that since digital was created digitally, it will look printed on canvas or paper exactly as you see it on the monitor and not flat! Flat shadows remain flat in print but digital shadows remain textured shadows.
It is a frequent complaint of buyers after purchasing a print of a photograph of an oil or acrylic paint on canvas that it prints flat, since on your monitor you see the digitally photographed version of that oil or acrylic paint and the textures are flat shadows and not digital shadows--there is a difference.
Digital photography of highly textured items like oil or acrylic paint removes all textures and makes them appear flat. You don't get this problem with digital art. You get exactly what you see! It is also green art--meaning it uses nontoxic materials and doesn't kill trees in the making!
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September 14th, 2013
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Music of the Heart
Oh, this is a beautiful painting of this couple's first dance --- so joyful, such lavish, free movement! The couple (and her dress) are part of the cosmos! You captured their mood wonderfully! Love it, Angela! LFP
Sherri Of Palm Springs
so fantastic, your imagination is so wonderful..I just love this..magnifcent art love this Sherri fl
Sherri Of Palm Springs
What a delightful image Angela, dreamy, beautiful, and I love it...so creative my friend Sherri fvgf
Carole Spandau
Angela, you are the best Wedding Photographer because you have the heart and eye of a true painter!
Linda Segerson
WOW! This is the most beautiful painting Angela, you have such great talent! V/F Sharing on FB