Check this out!
I took a picture of Terry with my cell phone and I really liked it, so I poster printed it across 6 pages, very faded gray scale on a laser (dry black powder toner) printer. I glued that onto a piece of Masonite board and totally painted over the whole thing.
This is my first attempt at painting a portrait or any other kind of realism for that matter! I can honestly say though that I knew a lot about what to do and how to do it, in both color and form techniques, from my experiences with abstracts.
I think it turned out awesome!
James.