Loving Sisters (Schnell)

by Godfrey J. Ellis – 12×16 Acrylic Dec 2019

I offered my friend, Ken Schnell, a painting of his two cute daughters, Sophie, 8, and Amelia, 9 years old. I drove over to his house and did a photo shoot. This sweet photo of the two Schnell girls hugging each other in their back yard, which backs onto a forest. The final portrait is from a digital combination of two of the photos (see below for the combined photo).  It was fun to paint it for them.

Below are Ken and his wife holding the portrait.

Below, I’ve included two photos of a couple of early drafts of the painting as it developed (see below).