Below are some reference photos, for use with Rather Nice Art kits, workshops and advent calendars...
Portraiture Workshops
Here are some public domain images, from Wikipedia Commons, that my students can use to practice the grid technique:
And here is a transparent grid, that you can download and place over your own photos, in Photoshop or Canva:
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Landscape Painting
The copyright for these images is owned by Emily Brown (and where stated in the captions, Ben Green). These images are only to be used by artists who have purchased or received arts and crafts kits created and sold by Rather nice Art (Emily brown), or by those who have attended a Rather Nice Art workshop, run by Emily Brown. Artists that have purchased or received products or workshops from Rather Nice Art or Emily Brown are free to use the images in the slideshow above as reference images for their own artworks. They are free to share their artworks (that were created using the above reference images) on their own websites and social media platforms (please tag @RatherNiceArt and #RatherNiceArtists). If you are not an artist that has purchased or received products or workshops from Rather Nice Art or Emily Brown, but would like to use these images, please contact Emily Brown via the Contact & Commissions page to discuss and pay for licensing these images.
Below are some paintings I created with homemade watercolours, made with natural pigments such as red clay, matcha tea and charcoal, using the above reference images.
Lahaina Banyan tree, Maui, painted in homemade natural pigment watercolours by Emily Brown, from a photo by Ben Green
The Water Tower, Kent, by Emily Brown, from a photo by Ben Green
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Meads Water Gardens, painted by Emily Brown from her own photo
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Scotto's Pond, Chesham, painted from life by Emily Brown
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Artists in Lowndes Park, Chesham, painted from life by Emily Brown
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