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Collage Portraiture

 

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Figure 7.1 San Francisco Heart.

This chapter is a case study on how I used Corel Painter X to create San Francisco Heart (Figure 7.1), a Collage Portrait of San Francisco. The principles, strategies, workflow and techniques shared here can be applied to creating a Collage Portrait of any subject such as a person, a family, an animal, a vacation or trip, a place, an event or a city. My goal in sharing the creative path that led to this artwork is to inspire and empower you to create your own personal Collage Portraits.

My Collage Portrait workflow varies with every portrait I paint. Sometimes, as in San Francisco Heart ...

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