Getting That Shot Is Not As Easy As It Looks -- Shout Out to Photographers

by Kathy Crockett

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Getting That Shot Is Not As Easy As It Looks -- Shout Out to Photographers

Artist

Kathy Crockett

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Painting - Colored Pencil

Description

I am a VERY poor photographer! And I love working on drawings that tell ME a story. I often spend days looking for the public source photos I want to combine for the story I have in mind. I was browsing Unsplash one day looking for a reference photo for my next drawing when I ran across my main reference for this drawing and knew I had to use it! The photographer does NOT show us what inspired him to put himself into such a psition, braced between two buildings to get the shot he wanted, so off I went to find a couple birds! Haha! So two more refernce photos helped me finish my story, making this a perfect homage to the generous, talented photographers that I willlikely never meet, but allow me to pursue my hobby so satisfactorily! My thanks to all, but in this case, specifically to William Daigneault and Benoit Gauzere (Unsplash free source), and then for the final piece I thank colored pencil artist and photographer Cathy Mihulka, who allowed me to borrow her cardinal!! Thanks to Bob and Haley for suggested edits!

Entered in Homage to Great Artists of the Past Contest as it reminds me of the type of work Norman Rockwell excelled at, always clearly telling a story without saying a word!.

Featured in the following Groups: A Woman's Touch, Your Story of Art, and The Artist's Buzzz

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January 24th, 2022

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