Like a Rolling Stone

This is great,

Now this well and truly Rocks…. Great Portrait… I am not really into fols painting celebs because it´s been done so many times but this fellow I have met and this is one great painting….His hand looks a little weird mind you….must be all them riffs… :)

maybe a hint or tow of some rings on those fingers would solve that problem though

Well I´ll Be it´s Jack SParrows Daddy! Instant Fav Odwin!

WHat app do you work in??? I presume Painter looking at this.

If you have photoshop you can do all the foundation work as follows:

Take your photo… duplicate it

Ctrl + J to copy the layer on the dupe – and apply Filters > Other > HIgh äss with a valiue or vetween 5 and 10
Next fo to Image >Adjust>threshold and play with the sliders till you get what you are afjter,,,

Now create a layer direcly above the background and fill it with an off grey (I tend to favour grrenish/yellowish greys….)

Go back up to your threshold layer…and select it
Go to Select > Color Range and select the whites (or the highlights)
Delete them…

Now lower the opacity of your grey layer a bit to se your original..

Create a new layer above this and start blocking in some of those shadowd and highlights… }}

When satidfied bring back up the opacity ofyour greay lñayer and flatten the image… you are left with your original photo in one document and your base painting in the other…

and you can open the base in Painter and go wild!!!

I never used to use line work myself in Painter but I have used thiis technique in SHop for other kinds of stuff. It jsust dawwned on me one day that hey I use lines in Oils so why not in painter…

Try it!!!

amazing art! excellent!

Odwin ,its a masterpiece my friend, i am waiting for him to start talking or rambling lol

Wow! This is an amazing painting!!!

This is really a very good wonderful painting, congrats :-))

Schweeet

This is really fantastic. Really well thought out ~ great job

Congrats on the feature. This is such a gorgeous piece and one to be extremely proud of.

This is excellent. A beautiful portrait with a lot of details and expressive face.

Congrats with the featured, deserved.

Wow, you digital portrait work is amazing. Is this with Photoshop, or do you use Painter? Also, congratulations on your feature!

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you did a great job here Odwin , well done.

Nice.. How many hours did u put into this…?

I just want to say thanks to all of you. Your kind words and tips are so much appreciated ;-)

THANKS GUYS!!!!

Odwin

EXCELLENT work Odwin!

super work

I’m blown away! Awesome!

World class, something he’d probably like… Extraordinary

Wonderful , Awesome :)

Just another of your great works, Excellent.

Malcolm

Fabulous work. By chance you didn’t “Paint it Black” Compliments yr talent is still here.

A worthy feature and congratulations!!!!!!!!!!! This is excellent and don’t stop!!

Love your work…your portrailts are excellent!!

This in amazing Odwin. beautiful work.
- Peter

I love your realistic colour, that’s amazing!!!

really wonderful work , I love this.

Wow, I’m speechless ….....this is a real masterpiece …...bravo !!!!

CONGRATULATION !!!!
YOUR BEAUTIFUL WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED IN =>

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

Congratulations Odwin

Featured Artist for May 2009

... June… Ooops!!!

Great portrait of Keith Richards.!!.The Stones are still one of my favorite groups…Did you see the concert “Shine a Light” yet…It was great!

aaahhhhhh keith, don’t think you could have found a face with more character. well done.

I read your note about how the “painting just exploded” and I could honestly FEEL your excitement!!!!!! FABULOUS!!!!!!

Wow….you’ve sure made him look better than he has in a long time!! Nice work!

wow you did an amazing job, you should be pleased!!!!! bravo

Fantastic realism!!! You truly caught the spirit of Keef. If you get the chance read an interview or two with him… he’s a gas!

truly amazing … You are so very gifted Odwin….
Patricia :-))

Awesome work! You are certainly very talented… : )

You are very talented, this just rocks!!!!

WOW! this is fantastc! nice work.

I’m glad you persevered :-))) Your folios were a joy to view, thank you!

u definitely caught kef, hes an icon great work!!!

You rock!!!

Please Add to 60’sGlory group

Im so glad your Amazing drawing skills are coming back!!! I absolutely love this!!!! Thank You so much for sharing this!!!! Keep em comin!!!! :~) peace, syl

brilliant portrait of Keith

NICE!! You caught the essence of his character :) I’d love to see one of him dressed as the Pirate King :)

Excellent!

This rocks just like keith awsome. LIZ

Excellent work!

Debra

this is truly amazing, I love it

Amazing ..wonderful work ..so well done!!

Great work, well done and congratulations on your features.
David

very talented , well done ;)

Superb creation of this, oh so wild man!

Ahoy!

That is one extremely well rendered piece of art. Great portrait of Keith. I wonder if you could manage a group image of the Stones together.

This is seriously good. All you need to do is track down his agent and maybe get a signed copy sent to him.

Nice work! l like the original photograph too. How do you go on with copyright?,,,Ted