If you are interested in portrait art, you’ve probably heard of “earthsworld” – a photographer that took Candid photographs of Americans at county fairs. Over the years, I have multiple artists recommended this photographer to me. Take a look at the website or the Instagram account and you’ll know why this is such a rich resource for portrait painter, character designer and people watcher. To me, it opens up a side of America that beyond my natural habitat.

I picked a few photos from the collection as references to practice portrait painting, and only to notice that the ones I chose all features a touch of bluish green. Hence the title of my small series – “Turquoise in Earth’s World:”

A few notes:

• Again, the above paintings all used references from various earthsworld’s county fair collections. They are all painted with oil on canvas board.
• The collection is very helpful in practicing non-typical studio model expressions and props.
• The nature of the subject matters do push me to loosen up a bit (not as much as I wished) and be creative with the composition and background design.
• It’s such a wonderful treasure. Do check it out!