Friday, April 17, 2009

DIANA

The latest challenge for Karin's DSFDF is a statue of Diana (Goddess of the Hunt, Roman Mythology). Karin wanted her army of Painters to treat this challenge as an exercise in drawing. I love to sketch people so was excited to get started.


This is my sketch on an old painting, which I sanded down to remove most of the brush marks. For accuracy I drew 1 inch grid lines over the photo and my canvas. I used a sharpie pen for the sketch because pencil would not show up on the old painting.


This is a rough draft use to develop the general shapes and colors. Notice the Sharpie lines show through the first coat of paint. To speed up the drying time I place the painting under a heat vent at night and in the full sun during the day.


DIANA (9x12 oil on canvas panel)
This is the finished painting. It was a lot of fun to paint. With a limited pallet I could concentrate on values and not think much about color. My pallet was: Flake White, Ivory Black, Ultramarine Blue, Raw Umber, and Burnt Sienna. I did try to replicate the cool and warm grays. I think a little more blue should have been used in the cool grays.

21 comments:

  1. Phillip... She's beautiful!!

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  2. Wow...this is really gorgeous. Thanks for sharing the process too.

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  3. fantastic job. You put a lot of work in this one.

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  4. This is an exquisite rendering of the statue. You are so accurate in line and value, it looks better than the photo. Amazing.

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  5. Amazing, just beautiful feel of marble. Such a great job with the process too thank you.

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  6. What a great entry to DSFDF. And it was so interesting to see your step by step method. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Beautiful, beautiful! Thanks for sharing the process too.

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  8. Anonymous8:00 AM

    Thank you all for the wonderfully encouraging comments. You are all so kind. I did spend more time on this project and enjoyed working out the folds in the Diana's gown.
    Phil

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  9. I had to do a double take...O thought it was the picture!!! SOOOOOOOO well done!!

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  10. There is so much dimension to this. It's so beautiful and well done!

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  11. Fantastic jop Phill.

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  12. Of all of the renderings, yours caught my eye and stayed with me. Thank you for allowing us to peek into your process. Just a stunning rendering.

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  13. Great piece, the shadow between those feet and at the back, falling on the wall made me believe the presence of the statue!

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  14. Awesome work, and excellent to see the progression. Thanks.

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  15. Lovely--you certainly achieved a subtlety with the greys!
    Faye

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  16. Kudos! I like your work with the intricate shadows, you really went to town on that! Fantastic job!

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  17. I like your approach (and you got the kneww right-- a lot of people had trouble with that)! Did the Sharpie bleed through the paint?

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  18. Beautiful and I appreciate hearing about your process and seeing your progress!

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  19. This is wonderful! I enjoyed reading about your method.

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  20. Thank again to all for the encouraging words.

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