I was contacted last week about doing a watercolor commission for a lady in England who has her own business called Arty Cakes.
When I do a commission, I work from a photo generally. In this case, she didn't have one with the cake she wanted in the painting, If you can't tell from the drawing, it is a hat with flowers on it. I had to use photoshop elements to create the image to paint from by combining different images she had emailed me.
She makes beautiful cakes, many that are florals. She is really an artist herself with butter cream frosting!
I had to enhance the drawing so all the pencil lines show clearly, but it also makes the background a bit grayed because of doing that. It really isn't gray at all. In my process of doing a commission, I then send the drawing for the client's approval. I also ask for any suggestions if they have any. I find that helps in producing a final painting that the client will be satisfied with.
Once approved, I then paint it. I will post progress of this painting in the next day or so.
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