So now there should be (above) a simple slideshow, showing the starting photographic image and a set of components which rework the colors, shading and outline of the original. Generally I build a small library of these component images. All are isolated – the subject(s) being set against a white background. They become, individually and in simple combinations, the layer contents and/or layer masks in several Photoshop files. This is the means by which Impressionistic renderings are assembled. Some components are quite subtle; others more complex.
Currently there is no finished rendering accomplished within this project. I will post one or more of those later.
Here, at the very least for today, is an original photograph from which I have derived some new work recently. Basically the overall intention has been to shoot some still life subjects and to render the original photographs in a manner similar to – but not slavishly duplicating – the Impressionist school of painting (circa 1860 to 1890 or so).