Altering a magazine Picture

So many time I hear, "I cant do that, I cant paint!" I want to assure you that YOU CAN!!!  In the above videos, there are 3 steps and stages, in transforming a magazine image from a woman smoking, to a resting ballerina. In using the values of light and dark, already utilized in the magazine picture, a lot of the work is done for us! Here I will paint over an image with Gesso, and then add and alter the image to fit my needs!