This is a painting I created in a highschool painting class. I took a picture out of a magazine and recreated it in acrylics. The picture was purposely blurred, which made for a great effect in the photo. My painting teacher showed me that when choosing images to paint it's best not to choose photos like this because the same effect doesn't translate in paintings as well as it does in a photo. Looking back on this, I can see how much I've grown as an artist in the past seven years.
