Watercolor photo conversion

Here is another watercolor painting conversion of a bridal shot. Original photo is by Kurt Grosshans. While it is a nice photo, the art conversion really needs a tighter crop. After some significant thought, I chose a crop that may seem a little odd at first glance. The original photo is interesting, but not easy to convert into the watercolor effect because of the scale, and I was not really sure what the pose was trying to convey. However, the tight crop seems to have a bit more movement in it, and it shows the effect of the brush strokes better than the longer view would have. I intentionally cut off part of the model and left a little extra black background on the left side. This allows the potential for either a tighter crop toward the face, or space for text down the left side of the frame.