Enlargement Art Projects
Enlarging a favorite photo, painting or drawing lets you enjoy a piece of art in a new way. You can hang these enlargements in your home or office as decorations. You can create these art enlargements several ways, such as by drawing, painting or digitally blowing up. If you will draw the enlargement, you can trace a grid on the original document, which will help guide you as you draw on a blank canvas.
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Family Photo Enlargement
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Many people keep family photos around their homes. Family photos make nice enlargements because it requires you to accurately draw members of your family. Family photos may be taken at many locations, including your living room, a public park, an amusement park or a photo studio. You can choose whether to paint the enlargement once you complete the drawing. If it is done well enough, you can even hang it in your home's living room. If you do not feel comfortable drawing your family, you can take a photograph to a professional artist and have her enlarge it. Be prepared to pay the artist a fee for completing the project.
Favorite Singer or Actor
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You can also enlarge preprinted photographs of your favorite actor or singer. These celebrities routinely produce headshots and live-action performance shots that you can access on the Internet. When you find an image to use, make sure you do not violate any copyright rules -- you cannot obtain a benefit from the enlargement. Therefore, enlarging a photo to hang in your office wall is acceptable whereas selling a celebrity picture you enlarge runs afoul of copyright laws. Make sure to create such pictures for personal use only. If you personally took the original picture, you do not have to worry about copyright issues.
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Self-Portrait
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Self-portraits make great enlargement art projects. You may have taken a portrait at a professional studio or had someone take a picture of you that you like. If you have advanced drawing skills, you can create a background on canvas paper and insert yourself into the picture. However, artists learning to draw should practice getting the technical aspects of the enlargement down, including symmetry and other spacial concerns. Well-done enlargements make great gifts for loved ones.
Scene Enlargement
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Scenes make ideal enlargement ideas because of the emotions they evoke. For example, if you vacationed at an island resort and took pictures of the beaches, you might enjoy seeing an enlarged version the area. Tourists often take pictures during their vacations. Enlarging these scenes are a great way to enhance your drawing and painting skills. Scene ideas include people in a public park, the beach, the pier, a play or a view of the local city.
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