You've seen this painted self-portrait before. I took my photo image of the painting into Procreate and layered it with an encaustic collagraphic print I made last fall. You can detect the impressions made in the print through the collagraphic process. They give this layered collage of photos some depth in odd places. I also used the paint and pen/pencil features of Procreate to re-color the face of this portrait. It gave my some more experience with the app that was useful. I'm getting better using my finger as a pen, pencil, airbrush, paint brush, smudger, and a texture applier. Quite fun. I seemed have been a bit heavy handed with my color choices, though, and this is very dark. I used the Brighten feature and it washed it out more than I liked. So, it is what it is. It's all practice at this point. I won't go back into the original painting to change anything. But, eventually I want to use the app to "try" colors and lines in a no-risk platform to make the actual art in my studio with real paints, paper, and pencils.
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