I recently answered a client regarding this matter. Trying to explain which options we have, and then I thought that it would be very interesting as a post for my blog since it is not the first time I have been asked for this.<\/p>\n
Some parents prefer to make the portraits of the same age and some others respecting the correlative ages. It really depends on how you want to organize this matter\u2026If you are not in a hurry and want to take your time, doing the process as a long-term project, you can paint the portraits one by one, starting with your oldest.<\/p>\n
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One sister and two brothers portrait paintings, Large Pastel portrait of a baby girl, dressed in vintage baptism family dress, 2015, by Bogra art studio \u00a92020<\/p><\/div>\n
In a few years, you can continue with the second one and later, finish with the third, the youngest child\u2026 Many of my clients like to do it this way. Time runs so fast!!!<\/p>\n
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One sister and two brothers portrait paintings, Large Pastel portrait of a baby boy, dressed in vintage baptism family outfit, 2017, by Bogra art studio \u00a92020<\/p><\/div>\n
Sometimes the kids are wearing the same special dress or outfit as their sisters and brothers, or even parents before them. This makes a strong visual connection between the portraits. I\u00b4m always glad to hear good news from my old clients, celebrating and sharing with me a new member of the family\u2026taking and sending me some new pictures to create her\/ his portrait like the ones before\u2026.<\/p>\n
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One sister and two brothers portrait paintings, Large Pastel portrait of a baby boy, dressed in vintage baptism family outfit, 2019, by \u00a92020 Graciela Bombalova, Bogra art studio.<\/p><\/div>\n
In this case is important to take the pictures the same way (as possible) as the last images that were taken before\u2026. looking for similar lighting, composition, and color pallet.<\/p>\n
Another option is to make all the portraits at once. Respecting the correlative ages of the children.<\/p>\n
In this case, you can prepare and take pictures of the kids, especially for the occasion. Dressing them similar, looking for a beautiful place with some interesting background, will do half of the work! It is important to take a lot of pictures on the same day and with the same light conditions! The best will be to hire a professional photographer, or, if you are taking the pictures by yourself, to use at least a good camera. Always better than a phone!!<\/p>\n
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This way we can make the portraits look fantastic together, and the fact that the kids are at different ages, but they keep the same \u201catmosphere\u201d, makes the work even more interesting and rich! A similar light and background will help to create portraits that can perfectly work as a group or body of work.<\/p>\n
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3 brothers portrait paintings, Pastel portraits by\u00a0\u00a92020 Graciela Bombalova<\/p><\/div>\n
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Three little brothers in golden greens and ochers, 2020, Pastel Portrait by \u00a92020 Graciela Bombalova<\/p><\/div>\n
In case you think you could expect another member of the family, I would suggest you do the portraits one by one…keeping the same style of pictures as a base.<\/p>\n
There is another situation I would like to add. (Also, a very common one.)<\/p>\n
This is when the children are already grown up.<\/p>\n
In this case, we can make the portraits from their actual ages, taking good pictures of them as teenagers which is really powerful work to do\u2026<\/p>\n
Or we can search in the old archives for photos and try to find pictures from similar young ages.<\/p>\n
This is always the most difficult option \u2026You must go deep in the past and make a selection of pictures that will look well together as a group\u2026. But it worth it, and, as always, I will be happy to help!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have been asked so many times about this matter! Making several portraits of brothers and sisters with different ages that will be placed on the same wall, or room\u2026How to prepare the process?\u00a0 Which pictures to chose? At what ages? These questions are recurrent and even more important when you decide to work with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,110,212,252,292,351,352],"tags":[356,357,78,80,82,83,86,88,89,95,100,106,108,353,354,355],"class_list":["post-10389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-pastel-portrait","category-children-portrait","category-portraiture","category-pastel-painting","category-brothers-portraits","category-choosing-pictures","tag-portraits-ages","tag-3-brothers-portrait","tag-pastel-portrait","tag-drawing-portraits","tag-color-portrait","tag-handmade-painting","tag-learning","tag-learning-pastel","tag-pastel-technique","tag-useful-tools","tag-portraiture","tag-portraits","tag-child","tag-brothers-portraits","tag-choosing-pictures","tag-pictures-for-portraits"],"yoast_head":"\n