Finished a home portrait today
It started with a street address. I took photos from a number of different angles and this is the view the client chose (I liked this composition best too!)

Not only do I learn the angles of the house in doing my sketches but other important details come out in discussion. For example, we want a mailbox in the painting but the one shown in the photos is actually the neighbor's mailbox.

This color background made an interesting painting but I actually tried two more before settling on the final version.

Here's the one I matted and framed this afternoon: