Today I want to go over one of the painting I painted recently. I'll be going over why I pick the subject, my source material, and my interpretation of the source. While I will not cover much technical part of the painting, I am going to talk about my thoughts behind the painting. A huge part of a successful painting is the thought process of the artist and how does he/she gives a unique visualization of the subject. If you have the basic technical knowledge down but not thinking about the design of your overall picture, you end up copying your photo 1:1 and can end up a nice looking but boring painting.