Lovely finish there , this bust will be the subject of a joint project between myself and Jimbo ......but with a twist !
Really like the colours on this especially the lacework ...as Huw said do share the colour details
Thanks for showing just how good it can be
Nap
Huw and Nap, thank you both for your kind comments.
As I said, my painting method is oils over enamel base coat.
I prefer the enamel base, since I found that the artistic oil does not slip on an enamel surface, as it does on an acrylic one. And I use the oils, because it is easiest way for me to achieve a smooth transition between the color tonalities from deepest shade to highest highlight. So the technique I follow is more or less known to the majority of old fashioned figure modelers.
The main color in this particular bust is the deep green. Using bibliography and calculating with the eye, I ended up in a shade approaching the color of the cypress.
I started with very dark green or cypress color, almost black, enamel color . Then I used as a base color a mix of the following oil colors (the ratio is given in about):
- cinnabar deep green (Maimeri color, about 20%),
- chromium oxide green (van Gogh color, about 15%)
- green earth (van Gogh color, about the rest 65%).
In the shadows I emphasized mixing black directly into my basic mix. The highlight was done using
yellow ochre and
Naples yellow hue as I never use pure white to highlight green.
Both shading and highlighting were done wet-on-wet and additionally, where needed, wet-on-dry. My aim was not to overcome it because the fabric when thick - as in our case - does not make great tonality differences between shadows and highlights.
The lacework always is my nightmare... So in this case too. My method is: liquid color of yellow (mixed with minimum metallic gold) on the brush and lot of corrections with cypress/black color, highlights with white brushstrokes wet-on-wet, along with a lot of patience.
At your disposal, for any further information.
PS : I painted this bust listening to this insipiring music :
