It is a fine line there, but I would suppose if altered enough, would be alright. However, most artists do not do that, they just go for the subject, and copy as close to it as possible.
I have seen it more often then not. I can remember seeing an artist (whos work I really admired)copy. She had the magazine right there, I was so dissapointed. Especially when I found out that she did this all the time! Ugh...
Collectors will feel this same dissapointment. They want to invest in you, not someone else.
Deep inside, you have a gift, your style, development, etc., it needs to be developed, brought forth, etc.
To follow any photo will hinder this. (Unless your into photorealism and have taken the photo yourself)no offense to any photorealism painters!(However, this is a very controv. issue, most old timers who are dedicated artists, are completely against photorealism, but the public love it, and it sells!)
At any rate, Arlene, you know in yourself what you have copied and or not copied, and what is from memory and not.
I would love to take away all the photos, cameras, enlargers, and fancy gadgets, and see what was to come of artists then.
Back to the real thing, for truely the gift would flourish beyond imagination.
Study some of the old masters, they had nothing to follow except their still life subjects and memory, that is what made them the masters, because they could do this without assistance, and still had to mix up their own paints!
I am still amazed at their development. Modern art offers a release to the soul, with opportunity to explode emotion on canvas.
I love it, also, but it is generally an expression of the artist, no photos to follow.
Not sure your following, but try doing some work that is completely from you, no photos, nothing around.
See where it takes you.
Barb
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