The Kiss

My daughter. This began as a badly lit interior shot. I loved the pose so much, and took it into Photoshop for a good working over. Now it will be inspiration for a tonal drawing on black or dark grey. I once apologized to my artist aunt for sending her photos of my children that were blurry and bad. She said they were really much better for artistic inspiration because they inspired you without being so good you were led into copying. She has done some wonderful watercolors of this daughter from "bad" photos I sent to her. I think it's true: something that needs "fixing" gets the creative juices going more than something that is more perfect. Thank goodness for that, or I'd never start anything!