Ideally, the artist recommends at least two, 2-hour sessions. For centuries, long before photography, even dating back to cave-dwellers, men and women have sought to capture their own images with paint. The fine art of portraiture gained prominence during Rennaissance, and is enjoying a modern rebirth. Beyond the photo lies depth and myriad colors impossible to capture on film, but ready on the artist's canvas. The process to commission a landscape works much the same way as it does for portraiture.
Image quality is digital and representative of works which are generally more vibrant in reality.