The Buccaneer WIP

[jimias]

Early days at this one .Painting parts here and there to keep the interest alive as i m known to get bored quite easily. Actually i have tried to paint three busts of wich none is completed. Hope to get this done as the sculpting is amazing. Whaiting to here your thoughts and comments. Take care.

 

[Major_Goose]

Brilliant beginning as usual ! I think that this one will end finally !

Waiting to see your skills make judgement to thisone !

One question. All oils ?

Costas

 

[megroot]

Excellent start....
Hope you finish him soon, so that we can enjoy the look of a great painted bust.

Marc

 

[housecarl]

Awesome reds, and face. Who makes this please?
Carl.

 

[Robert Laclavik]

Hi Dimitrios,
I admire the speed and far more I admire the quality of painting on your figures. Her again you did extremely well on this nice bust from Pegaso. Beautiful whites and red jacket. The face is fantastic, nice tanned skin, very warm to look at. Dimitrios I wish you a comfort finish on this one, keep motivating us

 

[sarouman]

Hi Dimitri!!
Actually it's a lot of really good start and the red jackets are fantastic.
Waited anxiously to finish this beautiful bust.

Alexandros

 

[jimias]

Wow. Thank you all for your kind comments. Really motivates me to keep on pushing this one. Carl the Bust is from Pegaso sculpted by Victor Konov. Kostas i ve given up oils for quite some time now cause i couldnt stand the shinny look of them, so everything here is acrylics. Thank you all again.

 

[Major_Goose]

Nice moving from oils to acrylics ! When you have time share your recipies fro whites and reds !

thanks

Costas

 

[davidmitchell]

Stunning work so far Dimitrios the flesh tones and the red are superb.


Cheers David

 

[-=König=-]

Hello Dimitrios.

Picturesque such Pirate the List as always top-level

 

[ATTİLA the HUN]

Great start Dimitros, I'll be follow your bust.
Thanks for sharing..........

 

[jimias]

David, Peter , Serkan thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. Costa i dont paint with Vallejo wich i know are very popular so i dont know if the recipies will really help but for what is worth for the red:
basecoat crimson red + ultramarine blue
1st highs base + scarlet
2nd lights base + scarlet + vermilion
1st shadows base + pthalo green
2nd shadows base + phalo green + black
For the whites i used a color named smoked pearl by sjojona's acrylics. Highs adding titanium white. 1st shadows adding a bit of sepia and 2nd shadows adding sepia plus raw umber. Hope it helps.

 

[Francis Gekiere]

Excellent beginning great job

Francis

 

[Major_Goose]

Dimitri thanks for the recipes . What range of color do you use ? Is it all from sjojona's acrylics range in tubes ?

Costas

 

[jimias]

Costa i always use a mix of sjojona's and turnrer acrylic gouache. The latter brand is from japan i think and has the mattest finish i ve ever seen in my life. If your interested let me know so i can send you the adress of the dealer in athens. And here is a little progress on the bust.

 

[housecarl]

Your not hanging around with this one Dimitrios. Love the bandana.
Carl.

 

[jimias]

Well i ve decided that if i m gonna spend some time with this one why not try to push it a little bit. Glad to hear the work pays off. Thank you for your comments Carl. always appreciated.

 

[Major_Goose]

Dimitri are you going to use oils on the belt ? Because it seems you are at a basecoat, and i am sure you will add more contrast and efects . Or you will go along with acrylics all the way ?

 

[jimias]

Costa i think about giving a try with acrylics and if that doesnt work run to the refuge of oils!!!

 

[Major_Goose]

Well painting leather with acrylics can be done beautifully and impressively , but need more work than oils. If you look at Diego Ruina's works with acrylics you can see this. You need more tricks and more layers of colours, some glazes and some tipping tapping tricks to achieve nice results , but can be done !