Painting on photographs

Overpainted photography, 2017

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Canon. All opinions are 100% mine. Ever have a moment where you see something and absolutely love it and then look at the price tag and your jaw falls off your face? That’s me every time I look at painted artwork. I love the ... Read More about Turning a Photo Into a Painted Canvas

Jeu de Paume, Paris, France

Photo encaustic on a paper ground involves printing a photograph, adhering it to a panel, and painting over it with encaustic wax medium

Posts about Gerhard Richter written by Dr Marcus Bunyan

Learn how to turn any photo into an oil painting with LunaPic. This free site let's you create stunning visual effects on any photograph.

The art of hand-coloring or tinting black and white photographs has been around, the Vox video above explains, since the earliest days of photography itself. “But these didn’t end up looking super realistic,” at least not next to their modern counterparts, created with computers. Open Culture, openculture.com

Today, I feature famous abstract photographers who helped to shape how we see photography. They have pushed the boundaries of what is possible and show us

In this day and age of Photoshop, we were inspired to explore the lost art of altering photographs by hand with this Altered Photograph Art Project!