Hey! Google!

» Posted by on May 21, 2010 in Ampersand Gessobord, Oils, Online Challenges and Projects, People, Places, Portfolio, Step-by-step, The Virtual Paintout, Urban | 3 comments

"Red Man Walking" by Lesley Spanos. Oil painting on Ampersand Gessobord, 6 x 6". Copyright ©2010 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved. Painted with permission from Google Street View image.

"Hey! Google!" by Lesley Spanos. Oil painting on Ampersand Gessobord, 6 x 6". Copyright ©2010 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved. Painted with permission from Google Street View image.

This month’s Virtual Paintout is in the Czech Republic. Finding a subject was difficult for me, until I came across this guy mugging for the Google Street Views camera. I liked him. Here he is on Street Views:
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I’ve seen collections of images of girls baring their chests for the Google cameras, but haven’t come across that yet while roaming the virtual streets.

Here are a few images taken along the way:

"Red Man Walking" by Lesley Spanos. Oil painting on Ampersand Gessobord, 6 x 6". Copyright ©2010 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved. Painted with permission from Google Street View image.



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3 Comments

  1. That’s great Lesley! Love your work.

  2. Lesley, I love your paintings and blog—very cool the way you have designed it. THanks for sharing the process of painting this. I have not come across anyone posing for the camera yet, I might search longer next time—funny.

  3. Very interesting idea, I like it!

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