Another example of the below technique for painting in Painter Essentials 4

The little guy in the outdoor portrait below has grown up...His name is Andre.  Here is his original senior portrait with a very distracting background..(click to enlarge)

After working in Photoshop Topaz Adjust plug-in, I opened the portrait in Painter Essentials 4 and used the "Sargent" and "Just Add Water" brushes for this portrait...then I vignetted it and framed it in Photoshop..I am really happy with the way it turned out..He will really appreciate it when he is my age, if he is lucky enough to live that long..(click to see a larger image)