Bolshevik Volunteer, 1919

[Fernando Ruiz]

Thanks, guys!
FeR

 

[mil-mart]

Superb sbs and definitely one to bookmark. Many thanks
Will follow.
Cheers Ken

 

[Diegoff]

¡No pares! ¡Sigue, sigue! XD

 

[Fernando Ruiz]

¡No pares! ¡Sigue, sigue! XD

 

[Fernando Ruiz]

Hi, all!
New advances:

All the left area is more polished and I have started with other parts, as the nose.

Here, you can tell the difference between the worked areas (the left side) an the ones just sketched (mostly the right side).

Regards
FeR

 

[Ventress]

Great work- and more importantly it has educated me on how to paint faces alot better! Many thanks.

Look forward to the next instalments.

 

[Marcel]

Beautiful paintwork Fernando! I will follow this one.

Cheers,
Marcel.

 

[gordy]

Coming to life!

 

[Tommi]

very nice subtle transitions of the skin tones
Tommi

 

[Fernando Ruiz]

Thanks for the support, guys!
Regards
FeR

 

[Fernando Ruiz]

Hi, guys!
I have already finished painting the face but, in order to keep the SBS in the right pace, i'll put first some pics of the right side of the face almost finished. Here the only thing that is left are the final touches and shades:

And here, the final result:

I have added some shades as Citadel's Leviathan Purple ink to get a purplish tone in the lower eyelids and temples, a bit of Citadel's Blood Red thinned for the flush and the lower part of the nose shade, Red black + Chaos black for some extreme shadows, a mixture of the skin base tone with Oxford blue for the 5 o'clock, pure Oxford blue to add deepness in some places of the beard and Blood Red + skin base tone for the shade of the lips.

Here are te colours:

From left to right and up to down:

- Blood Red
- Leviathan Purple ink
- skin base tone + Blood Red
- skin base tone + Oxford blue
- Pure Oxford blue
- Black Red + Chaos Black

To finish, I added a bit of satin acrylic varnish to the lips and a bit of gloss to the eyes.
Maybe I will add a few additional touches to the face, depending of the next steps.
Following the idea of painting "from inside to outside", the next step will be the shirt.
A big zoom of the face :

Regards
FeR

 

[Robert Laclavik]

Fernando, masterful painting and a very educative SBS! I think the face is very beautiful a loaded with details. Will follow your thread till the end. Happy painting.
R.L.

 

[megroot]

It is getting better and better.
Great SBS.

Marc

 

[tonydawe]

OMG, what a brilliant face. The eyes are wonderful. Bravo Fernando

 

[housecarl]

Simply stunning.
Carl.

 

[Dan Morton]

Carl said it, Fernando. STUNNING!

If you were a US stock car driver, this would be what they call, "Blowing the doors off!"

All the best,
Dan

 

[Fernando Ruiz]

Thanks guys! I'm really happy with the results so far

Let's start the shirt. It's a very simple part compared to any face
These are the colours:

First I established a grayish with a bit of pink colour for the highlights that is a mixture of Stone gray + Basic skintone. This, darkened with Burnt Umber, makes the basic colour palete:
Base: Stone gray + Basic skintone + Burnt Umber
Highlights: Base + Stone gray + Basic skintone
Final highlight: Basic skintone + Stone grey
Shadows: base + Burnt Umber
Adittional shadows: Burnt Umber + Oxford Blue
Final Shadow: Darkest shadw tone + Chaos black
Tones and shades: Oxford Blue (pure), Ice yellow (pure) and Basic skintone (pure)

The palette:

First, I apply the base, the first highligth and the first shadow:

An additional highlight and shadow. As I do it, I start to soften the transitions:

And the basic highlights/shadows work done:

After that, I give it a wash of Oxford blue in the darkest areas, I paint a defining shadow with an almost black colour and enrich the highlight areas with Basic skintone and Ice yellow. I do it giving slight touches with the tip of the brush (number 1) and very scarce paint. It helps to achieve the feeling of a rough fabric and that was the idea I had for the shirt :

A closer look:

The work so far :

Regards
FeR

 

[sirhogr]

Fantastic my friend! Fantastic!

 

[e-junkie]

This is truly impressive; and the paintjob is so crisp, that looks unbelievable. You really did justice to this marvelous bust, congratulations

 

[Ernest]

Perfect!