Completed Marechal Prince Poniatowski

jcichon · Feb 12, 2010

Here is a Verlinden bust I just completed of Jozef Poniatowski. This is only my third bust I have done and unfortunately my photo has really washed out the fleshwork of which I am really happy with. It's painted in oils and the gold and silverwork were done with silver and gold printers inks except for the epaulets and cords which I did with the "silver without silver" technique. SO all comments and critiques are welcome. I am trying to really improve my napoleonics paintinf so please give me some constructive feedback.

tonydawe · Feb 12, 2010

Hi Jason,

You've done a fantastic job on this bust. The flesh tones, braidwork and metallics are excellent. I'm curious to learn more about your "silver without silver technique"... Care to explain it??

jcichon · Feb 12, 2010

Thanks Tony. Yes, I can explain the "Silver without Silver" technique.
1. Undercoat in black
2. next coat is Testors Gunship grey
3. Testors ghost grey
4. Testors light ghost grey.
If you can see in the pic where I just add lighter, smaller strokes of the lighter colors and the light ghost grey is used sparingly. Hope this explains it but let me know if you have more questions. Thanks again for the kind words bro. These napoleonics are so challenging but so much fun. Just want to improve at them.

housecarl · Feb 13, 2010

Like the silver with out technique, thanks for the explanation.
Great bust,
Carl.

jcichon · Feb 13, 2010

Thanks Carl, much appreciated

Von Luch · Feb 13, 2010

Hi jason,

Great painting and very detailed! Thanks for the explanation on your technique!

Jim

Michael Tse · Feb 13, 2010

Thanks for sharing the technique. Must try it out!

megroot · Feb 14, 2010

Excellent brushwork.
And thanks for the explanation of your braidwork.

Marc

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