My retirement period had lasted about half a year when I was asked to do fashion for a new and different kind of magazine.
The concept was so temptating that I couldn't say no. Iiris is a monthly life-time magazine for 50+ people. It's elegant, honest, culturel, clever and very high-profiled. Just for me!
My atelier is a part time photographer-studio every now and then.
For the April issue I painted a background for the white shirt photos, which was our theme that time.
It was a big piece of white cotton! At first, I thought about painting it with latex matte paints, but the watercolors turned out to be the best solution. Even though it took a long time to do it.
Towards the center I changed the blue tones to shady violet shades and light pink and went back to blue shades at the other end.
I attached the cloth to my father's relief board and painted it while standing on the table.
White with blue... white with yellow, red and black... with lots of water.
My inspiration was the sea, the sky and old walls. It will look great with white shirts.
Sometimes the preparation stage is the best part of it all.
The fond is about 4 meters high, so I had to paint one end first and then turn it upside down to paint the other end.
The background is working fine. Reija's adding final touches... Our model was perfect to represent a beautiful adult woman.
Jouni Harala, master of lighting.
Soft light, so right.
Ready to start.
Go to www.iirislehti.fi if you like see the Iiris magazine.
