28th Massachussets

[BULL]

I thank you all for your enthusiasm.
I am very pleased that you enjoyed this piece.
I take this opportunity to show the figure before the primer, so that we can see where and how it was modified.
In the next few days, to please Gooner Mike, I will also publish sbs of the flag painting.

 

[Gooner Mike]

thank you so much enrico for doing this sbs I really appreciate it

 

[oldtrousers]

Absolutely beautiful work!

Scott

 

[fermatgom]

The work on the flag is stunning, but I also like very much the tones on the face. Simply excellent!

 

[BULL]

Thank you, I also wanted to simply show how a figure, even if not recent, with little modifications or with a little showy colors, can take on new life and still be very valid.

 

[BULL]

As promised, here is a small sbs where you can see the various stages of painting the flag.
First of all I painted the whole green surface with its lights and shadows that I will also use as a reference for the decoration that I will add

Later, with a light color, like the maxims of the flag (so that if I was wrong it was easier to correct) I set the larger references of the various elements that make up the design, simplifying the forms.

This was done on both sides to have the correct centering.

Later I started working on every single element, complete with lights and shadows, always starting from the center

to finish with the painting of red scrolls and subsequent additions of writings.

 

[BULL]

The work is then finished with the painting of golden fringes.
As always for these parts I don't use a metallic color, but I recreate a gold fabric with ocher, brown and yellow bases.

The entire figure and the flag was painted entirely in acrylic.

 

[Gooner Mike]

excellent sbs on the flag thank you for doing this and much appreciated