# Getting started with a Currency Portrait

**URL:** https://www.smartermarx.com/t/getting-started-with-a-currency-portrait/396
**Category:** Work-in-Progress Gallery
**Tags:** wip, currency
**Created:** [May 21, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/getting-started-with-a-currency-portrait/396 "2017-05-21T12:04:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![AWaichulis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/awaichulis/32/2859_2.png) [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/getting-started-with-a-currency-portrait/396/1 "2017-05-21T12:04:52Z")

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I’ve been discussing with a colleague just how I start the portraits for some of my currency paintings and thought you all might like to see how they get “off the ground”.

 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/1X/85bf764a8e1a6e1a5ff3b1385329fcfa3bc928ff.jpg)

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### Author: ![John\_McCuin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@John\_McCuin](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/John_McCuin)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/getting-started-with-a-currency-portrait/396/2 "2017-05-25T00:22:21Z")

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Very helpful! Going to try this on a practice piece before trying on the real piece.