Acrylics Painting a cossack-bust

[Martin Antonenko]

125. Day, 14. April 2011

Thank Your, Gordy, Oleg and Ventress!!!

Well, the Kokarde is ready …:

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Lovely colour palette you have evolving on this figure, great work to date.

Cheers

 

[Martin Antonenko]

126. Day, 15. April 2011

Thank you Jamie!

I have niggled before the painting also relatively a lot in the colour pattern. And, fortunately, the Cossacks offer also a lot of alternatives.

Because I have painted the cap tape of our Cossack in the „Orenburgish Blue“, there are for the cap lid now two alternatives:

I can show the "peace cap" and make the lid deep-blue.

Or I paint the upper part of the cap olive.

Here in the picture both variations are to be seen:

I had decided before on the olive-coloured variation, also this Cossack carries …:

With these colours …

...now the front part cap lid is painted.

Completely in the end I give to the little one with „Orenburgish Nlue“ to one more Paspel in the upper cap edge what seemed rather often and also today again it seems …:

And to the today's end I have refined the storm strap once more gently.
Thus sees whole now from …:

And now: Nice week-end to You to all!

 

[Martin Antonenko]

127. Day, 18. April 2011

Thank you Jamie!

The fresh painting week begins with the fact that I paint the blue cap tape now also behind around ready.

In addition I use my "Orenburger-Blau" mixture again …

… to I at the darkest places in the back of the head one more track darker
blue …

… gives there.

Moreover, I have dealt all around the cap still a little bit with fine tuning that are thus umpteen small things, behind hardly obviously which it is a matter to improve.

What is absent yet from above the rear-lower part of the cap lid as well as the whole is.

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Getting there Martin, fine details like those are what keeps me going to the barber, to keep my hair short.

so I don't tear it out in big clumps!

However, you are handling your efforts quite well.

Keep up the good work!

cheers

 

[Martin Antonenko]

128. Day, 19. April 2011

Many thanks Jamie – I try it!
To you also "Thank You very much!", Gordy!

Now the rear-lower part of the cap lid is also painted.

The small seams are well effective, I think.

To illustrate sow-silly what is due, that I the head today from below (or even on the head put!) had to take photos to show You the result.

Colours …:

Result:

One – brighter - side …:

… and the other – darker - side …:

So – the cap lid from above still and then is concluded the painting!

 

[Jamie Stokes]

good work capturing the undersides of the folds - can be tricky!

cheers

 

[Martin Antonenko]

129. Day, 20. April 2011

Thanks again, Jamie!

Well – now the cap lid is also ready.

I have shown him a piece brighter than the lower part and the uniform because I wanted to show a little bit faded state.

The light follows the skew seat of the cap. And because the lid itself has a slightly concave form, a little light also appears in the rear-lower edge …:

Now thus the thing sees from …:

Tomorrow should still originate the blue Paspel around the edge, as far as it is not ready yet.

Then painting will be over...

 

[housecarl]

Very smooth transitions on the cap Martin.
Carl.

 

[Martin Antonenko]

130. Day, 21. April 2011

First of all:
Jamie, Gordy and Carl: Thank You!

As the last part of the painting the rest of the blue Paspel originates even today around the cap lid.

The colours once again …:

And the result …:

So – here once more the "development" of the head …:

14th of October, 2010 …:

18th of October, 2010 …:

7th of November, 2010 …:

31st of December, 2010 …:

Photo 130_16

2nd of March, 2011 …:

17th of March …:

22nd of March …:

Now …:

And now I lean back with the peculiar – you will know this – feeling somewhere between satisfaction, euphoria and relaxation and decide to open tonight a good bottle of redwine…

Then the next week there will be assembled.

Now till then I wish You first of all nice Easter holidays!!!

 

[JST]

Martin, it's masterpiece!

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thank You very much, Oleg and Gordy!

Nice that it has become at it has become - but also a little bit sadly because this wip-report now soon comes to an end...

Have a fine Easter!



Regards

 

[housecarl]

It's being a very enjoyable epic SBS Martin.
Happy Easter to you and yours,
Carl.

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thanks - same to You, carl

Regards

 

[billyturnip]

He's come together very well, I'm looking forward to seeing the final photo's, not long to go now

Happy Easter Martin.

Roger.

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thanks a lot, Roger!

Happy Easter to You, too!

 

[Martin Antonenko]

131. Day, 26. April 2011

The assembly begins!

Today becomes first once the upper part of the body on the nice base …:

Also here once more a quick flow of the "history" of the origin …:

14th of October, 2010 …:

29th of December, 2010.

31st of December, 2010 …:

8th of February, 2011 …:

And today …:

But back to the assembly:

I have decided against an aluminium tube but to use a drill which leads a shadowy existence with me for many years unused in the tool box.

The thing still comes from my ship-model construction time, belonged sometimes to a drill set for the minidrill and was never used, because he is too big for what I make today in such a way.

The thing has the right outside dimension (5 mm) and – above all in the shaft! – a wonderful steel colour which I like much better, than the by far brighter aluminium.

The mill head is moistened at first carefully with 2 component glue for which I take the unbeatable "Stabilit express" again.

The glue is gap-filling and sticks properly "bombproof".

Indeed, he does not harden too fast and brings thus response time and correction time.

Straightened nice vertically, the thing is mounted …:

Afterwards the upper part will provide with "Stabilit express" …

… and the upper part of the body of the bust walks to his place.

After everything is aimed substantially, now the whole sees thus from …:

Tomorrow then is "wedding" – the head should be mounted on the body.

I am very curious on the general view...

 

[JST]

Martin very cool!!!

 

[Martin Antonenko]

132. Day, 27. April 2011

Thank you Oleg!

Today is – after 132 paint- and sculp-days since the 13th of October, 2010 – finally, "wedding"!

The head is mounted on the body of the bust.

First of all the toothpick from the neck is removed. ..:

Then the neck is moistened with a drop of my superglue „Stabilit express“ …

… and stuck.

Both parts are a good fit and I am surprised – to tell the truth – very positively, because it looks even nicer than I had fancied it.

Decide yourself …:

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Looks Great Martin!



It has been fun and instructive to follow this,
observing your painting style,
seeing how you corrected things (not everything goes right) to get great results,
and how you made every effort to research for correct results!

Well done,
Congratulations

and Cheers