When a portrait is commissioned there is an assumption made the image will look like the subject. Here is where the discrepancy between 'art' and 'rendering' come into play.
If it is a photograph you want then go to your local camera shop where there is a service that will transfer you favorite photo onto a stretch canvas. There are photoshop filters that can be applied to make it look like it was painted onto the canvas. This is a form of art I like to subcategorize as a rendering. The subject is rendered exactly as they look.
If it is an art piece you desire then hire an artist. Look through the artist's portfolio to see their quality and style of art. Remember art is a style, a perspective, a point of view of the world through the artist eye. Sometimes the medium itself lends to different results.
Art is the application of thought onto a two or three dimensional surface. It reflects the mood of the artist and/or the viewer. Sometimes mood can be as simple as the expression of beauty that surounds us everyday or it can emote joys or sadness. The portrait can look like the subject or be an abstract, or an impression. It is the viewers emotional response, and/or what the subject is emoting and/or how the artist feels about the subject that makes it art.
Depending on style, medium, and skill; art should have some emotional impact on the viewer no matter how close the resemblance a painting has to its subject.
For the artist:
If it is a rendering the patron wants, then get out the tracing paper and projector. If it art they want, then be consistent with your style and paint with passion.
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