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Fuji Film Award
This image of Karien Mulder was taken at Oakfield farm on her wedding day. Karien is a very down to earth, natural beauty. She is an extremely creative artist with borderless vision and an in depth understanding of the essence of human nature. She also has a strong, independent personality. She is a keen painter, and is happiest while busy painting. I wanted to give her an image of herself in her wedding dress that portrays her passion for painting.
I decided to create a hand colored image from black and white with Marshall’s Photo Oil colors. I also decided that I would use a slightly improved technique on applying the color to fit in more with Karien’s personality.
I printed her Image black and white on Matte paper, and chose the tints I wanted to use for my hand coloring session. It took me a while to complete the image as I could only paint a small area of the image at a time, for I had to allow time for the image to dry between the layers before the next layer of paint could be applied.
I used the following materials in my hand coloring process
- black and white photo
- Marshall's photo oil colors
- Marshall's Marlene
- cotton balls
- Q-tips
I started with the largest areas (background and dress in this case) first as it is easiest to apply color to.
Traditionally you dab the cotton ball into the desired shade of photo oil and apply onto the photo in circular movements. The oil blends into the photograph and you can apply thin layers of paint until you have reached the desired shade, allowing extra time for drying in between adding more color.
For the more intricate parts (cheeks, lips, eyes) I used a Q-tip or a toothpick with cotton wrapped around it. Applying only a very small amount of paint to ensure that the paint does not run.
If you do make a mistake the Marlene solution can be used to clean an area.
To change the look of the image (so as not to look exactly like traditional hand colored images) and to add more of a painted feel, I used a small flat paint brush to apply color to the background. The paintbrush created texture and deeper richer colors, but I could only apply paint to a small area at a time, waiting for the paint to dry before adding the next layer of color.
The image received gold at the Fuji Film Awards.
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