WIP Iwan Sirko

[Martin Antonenko]

46. Day, 20. December 2012

Today the other side of the neck…:

 

[Martin Antonenko]

47. Day, 21. December 2012

With painting the back of the head and neck today ends my "head-work".

This point I am aware lifted until last, because all painted "segments" meet and must be "painted together" ...:

And so it has become ...:

Here again the whole "paint box" that was used for the head ...:

Now the head comes into cabinet - and will brought out for the assembly at the end of the project again ...

And now Ivan Sirko and I wish You beautiful Christmas days!

On this bench I will continue in the new year with the torso ...

 

[Martin Antonenko]

48. Day, 2. January 2013

Welcome to the new year and back on this workbench!

Today I started with painting the torso of my Cossack bust.

Initially there were some considerations of color ...:

On most images of Ivan Sirko with redtones can be seen ...:

The boxart of the Young-bust shows a lot of red ...:

Likewise, this is for all painted versions of this bust, which I have seen in various forums.

A reason for me to look out for a different color - especially on the Repin-painting Ivan Sirko not much of a red bear ...:

This image of Ivan Sirko brought me finally to "green" ...:

So a very dark green it should be - there is "Tsarist Green " close!
"Tsarist Green " was (and is again) so dark that the color looks at the first glance black..:

Here's an example of how dark the color looks:
On the sleeve of a black leather jacket a notch green patch looks black at first glance ...:

Only when other lighting reveals the green ...:

This is the color of my caftan Ivan Sirko will get! But just "in scale", a tiny tick brighter ...

After several attempts it has been found that a 3:1 mixture of "Extra Dark Green" and "Oxford Blue" is exactly the desired tone of the base color ...:

To darken the base color is added a little "German Grey" to ...:

For the lights, however, the basic color is brightened with "German uniform," caused the highest lights, as I have added a small amount "Light Flesh"..:

After all these considerations, I've even chosen a spinal segment, and tried the whole thing ...:

 

[Dan Morton]

This has been a lot of fun looking over your shoulder during your project. Thanks!

All the best,
Dan

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Many thanks to You, Pedro and Dan!

Cheers

 

[Helm]

I like the colour choice Martin will look very nice I think

steve

 

[taffjones]

The sheer effort you have put into the face is brilliant mate

 

[Nap]

The sheer effort you have put into the face is brilliant mate

Martin ,

I ask myself one question ..how just how did I miss this thread ...just gone through the whole thread ......AMAZING simply AMAZING ...another classic from you .......I congratulate you on the work so far .......

Lets have some more soon

Nap

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Steve, Joel, Kevin - Thenks to You, too!

Cheers

 

[Martin Antonenko]

49. Day, 3. January 2013

After painting the second “segment” on the back today, it slowly comes to the impression, that I want..:

I'm quite happy with it.

Tomorrow I will try out the idea of ​​how to paint the gold trim ...

 

[Martin Antonenko]

50. Day, 4. January 2013

Today I tried the procedure for the tresses, which adorn the Kaftan of our Ataman.

They should be golden!

First is underpainted - with these colors ...:

Then, carefully with ...

…brushed to make it to the places where light falls, golden shimmers and shines not metallic.

At least, I finished my collar back...:

 

[Mirofsoft]

I'm sorry, but it's a realy ugly guy... guy with cow's udder under their chin are not common
Martin, I admire the force of character you have ... trying to do something with " it " . When you see the artbox, you can not guess the difficulties
Good job so far
Best

 

[Joe55]

That's pretty cool how you paint in segments and still match the colors and tones so well.

Joe

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thanks Joe und Steve!

I can - for health reasons - paint only small parts of a figure, for that I use my "segment method".

These "segment-painting" is not so difficult. I mix my colors on a white bathroom tile and let them dry after painting.

After those rests I mix the tones the next day again. Important mixing ratios I note also.

Cheers

 

[taffjones]

Excellent idea for a paint process Martin, you have pulled it off very well

 

[MarquisMini]

Martin, fantastic job, i admire that you are painting that green,it's always a hard color to paint( at least for me) ,so i celebrate that you doing a good job at it.
the gold collar trim looks great.
Thanks for the step by step.

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thanks Joel and Daniel!

Cheers

 

[Helm]

Amazing you can work like that Martin, have you tried a wet palette or does it not suit your style ? You certainly do well with it

Steve

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thanks Steve - I would often times use a wet palette, but I fall more back to my old method ...

Cheers

 

[Ferris]

It's coming together nicely. I again enjoy your thread a lot and look forward to the next step.

Cheers,
Adrian