A friend of mine commissioned me to paint two pictures of her and her husband. I was the photographer at their wedding in France last year, so the pictures they chose were the ones I had personally taken of them.
They had seen a sketch I did of a metro sign when I was in Paris and loved it, so I thought I would paint their portraits in a similar, ‘comic’ style: I outlined the line drawing with black liquid acrylic ink using a Tachikawa G-nib pen before filling those outlines with watercolor.
Laying the underpainting: Phthalo Green (Y/S) and Sap Green for the background and Quinacridone Rose for the skintone.
Almost done, adding the final touches!
Here are the finished works. I used Arches 140 lb hotpress watercolor paper for the portraits:
My friend from primary school Su-Im and her hubby Arnaud 
This picture was posed at Arnaud's family farmhouse in Iguerande, France.
A few days ago, my friend sent me pictures of my artworks, framed and hanged on their home wall in Ipswich. I have to admit, the feeling of watching my own art being displayed in someone’s home is surreal!
An angled view of my artwork on display.
All hung up
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