Ludovic, author on Leonart

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Réunir une famille sur un dessin au crayon

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Faire revivre une photo ancienne sur toile

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Magnifier une photo en peinture

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Reproduce/Customize an existing painting

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Interpreting a landscape in an impressionist way

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Bringing a Frida Khalo mural back to life

Posted on 15 April 20219 October 2023 by Ludovic

On 22/12/2020

Hello Leonart,

The painting would be done in the XXL horizontal direction of 120x180m (and not vertical like the picture). It would be necessary to remove the electric garlands and the table in the foreground.

I don't have another visual of this piece, so as seen with you by phone, I would have to catch the patterns that are hidden by the table and create an extension on the sides to avoid too much of a gap.

Alain

Je suis tombé amoureux d’un mural que j’ai découvert lors d’un voyage au Mexique. Il s’agit d’une représentation de l’artiste mexicaine Frida Khalo.
Cela ressemble à un street-art et je sais simplement qu’elle a été réalisée dans la région du Chiapas. Par contre, impossible de remettre la main sur le nom de l’artiste !

This project represents a double challenge.

On the one hand, you have to remove all the elements that hide the mural and recreate all the missing patterns.
On the other hand, it is necessary to create an extension to the left and right of the face and add elements in the spirit of the initial visual to perfect the final model.

In this case, Leonart uses its secret weapon and calls upon its graphic designer and artist to build the visual that will then be transmitted to the painter for the realization in oil paint.

Here is the creation of the digital visual, step by step:

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Brightening up a portrait of grief

Posted on 30 March 20218 December 2023 by Ludovic

On 13/11/2020

Hello Leonart,

We are contacting you because we would like to offer my little brother a painting of him and his mother.

She passed away a few months ago. We are slowly mourning her passing and we would like to pay tribute to her by creating a painting of her with her son.

Here is the image we have chosen. The quality is not excellent but it is one of the last recent pictures we have available.

We do not want a realistic portrait but rather a revisited version. We would like a painting in the image of the mother, happy, cheerful and original if possible.

Thank you, Edouard

Here are our suggestions for visuals to brighten up the initial photo

The client first thought it was the digital image and not the hand painted canvas.

It's true that it's so easy to misunderstand because we did our best to reproduce it faithfully.

To remove any doubt, we sent a photo of the unframed canvas.

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"Thank you for these two photos everyone is delighted with the picture.

It is really very realistic. We validate 100%.

Congratulations to you and to the artist for the work done.

Sincerely."

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Create a royal family portrait

Posted on 2 January 20211 September 2023 by Ludovic

11/11/2020

Hello Leonart,
I'm contacting you about a rather special project.

I would like to surprise my family by creating a portrait of us in the like a royal family.

To create the perfect illusion, the painting should be 75cm high, in an antique style, with period costumes.

Ideally, Madame would be seated, wearing a dress. The child would be at her side and the father would be in the center, standing up, also in costume, and in a "protective" position.

I don't know exactly how we can proceed because I don't have any other pictures to send you than our faces.

I am at your disposal for other photos if needed.
Best regards.

FIND A REFERENCE PAINT

The artist paints only "what he sees". In this case, it is thus a question of seeking a painting approaching as close as possible to the specifications transmitted.

N.B. We never risk launching a project from scratch without having first composed a visual that corresponds to the request. This is the assurance, for Leonart as well as for its client, of a realization without (bad) surprises.

CREATION OF THE NEW VISUAL

We have our visual reference, it is now necessary to work on this image.

Here's the image we settled on as a basis for our work: an 1847 painting by Dutch painter Jean Baptist van der Hulst.
Perfect for our project!

We have:
- Removed the girl with the dog
- brought the young man closer to the mother.
- centered all the characters
- Created an extension to Madame's dress, bottom right.
- Replaced the background, at the customer's request, with a duck green, to highlight the family.
- Replaced the faces to bring this new royal family to life.

After submitting this new visual to the client and receiving his approval, the painter set to work to reproduce the above model identically in oil paint.

15 DAYS LATER,
HERE'S THE RESULT, IN PAINT À OIL, MOUNTED IN A GOLD FLOATING FRAME

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"Dear Ludovic,
I have received the painting and it suits me perfectly.
Can't wait to give it as a Christmas present!
Happy holidays to you and your team".

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Illustrating a poem with paint

Posted on 28 August 20209 October 2023 by Ludovic

July 13, 2020

Hello Leonart,

I too am, in my own way, an artist. I like to take the pen and let my creativity go to compose poems. In reality, I am a pure amateur but I tell myself that my texts have the right to exist because they come from the heart.

I am contacting you because I would like to illustrate my poetry in painting but I don't really have an idea of what I would like...

I would simply like the future painting to be representative of what I have written and to have enough space to transcribe my text directly onto the painting.

I would like to send it to you so that you can tell me what you think of it and know if you could accompany me in this project.

Thank you, Kawtar

Meeting Thief

Je te crois voleur, je te vois rêveur,
en train de chercher ton âme-sœur

looking for a world where you will find peace and happiness

You think you're a thief, I see you're a thief

Surviving in this changing world

Bringing worlds together to make a better one.

You think you're a thief, I see you a researcher

Trying to see through the eyes,

Looking for a light, a sincere look.

You think you're a thief, I see you as a mercenary

Living from adventure and meeting others.

The difference, the unknown,

a contact that you hope will be fruitful,

but often unpredictable.

What a delicate balance!

Se préparer à partager ses recherches
S’apprêter pour un réel rendez-vous.

Wanting to seduce, without overdoing it,

Reveal just enough to pique attention

Pique the attention of his opposite number or a possible partner.

I don't think you're a thief, I see you as a dreamer.

Here are our suggestions for visuals to illustrate the poem

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Painting a thatched cottage in the Klimt style

Posted on 29 June 20208 December 2023 by Ludovic

On 26/05/2020

Hello Leonart,

Le 6 juillet c’est les 60 ans de notre mère et avec mes sœurs, on s’est dit que ça pourrait être une super idée de lui offrir comme cadeau un beau tableau de sa maison en Normandie « à la manière de ».
Nous hésitons entre les 2 photos jointes.

Monet being from Normandy, we thought about an impressionist style but we are not sure what it could be...and we would really like to avoid the "old-fashioned" style.e'd like to avoid falling into the "old fashioned" and privilege nice colors if it's possible ?

If it helps, we really like Raoul Dufy's Electricity Fairy. It's rather abstract and very colorful.

Our mom is also a big fan of Klimt, but he painted mostly people and not houses...

Nous sommes preneurs de toutes vos réponses et conseils quant à notre projet.
Merci à l’équipe ! Laureen

Voilà un défi artistique comme Leonart les apprécie !
C’est toujours un privilège de participer à la décoration d’une maison de charme, à travers nos peintures.

Here are the answers we were able to give to Laureen, in order to accompany her as best as possible.

LE TIMING
Nous avons un mois devant nous. En étant efficaces, ce délai nous permettra de confirmer à Laureen qu’elle recevra son tableau avant la date d’anniversaire.

LE CHOIX DE LA PHOTO
Selon nous, la première photo est plus végétale avec un arbre imposant au premier plan. La seconde photo met à l’honneur la maison et offre un bel équilibre. Elle a donc notre préférence.

LE STYLE À PRIVILÉGIER
“impressionniste” ou “à la manière de”.

Un peu des 2 ! L’impressionnisme est un style qui permet de représenter ici, un paysage, en donnant une impression de mouvement. Comme si une scène de vie se déroulait devant nos yeux. Nous souhaitons également créer un tableau coloré et artistique “à la manière” d’un artiste qui plait à la mère de famille.
Nous orientons donc la cliente vers une peinture à l’huile “stylisée”

Nous pourrons ainsi réaliser une dizaine de propositions numériques exclusives et à partir de sa photo. Puis nous la laisserons décider laquelle elle souhaite que nous reproduisions en peinture à l’huile.

After validation of the elements here are the proposals sent: