My dear husband had been nagging me for a while about me owing him a painting of Christ. Since I've had plenty of time in my hands, I decided to go ahead and make it for him. I used acrylic paint on a 16"x20" prestretched canvas. Here goes:
Day 1:
Pencil sketch took about 15 minutes to get done.
Outlining with blue paint took less time.
It took me over an hour to get the background right because I made it too dark at first. I wanted a lighter color so I went over it a few times with more white paint.
Next came the underpainting for the face.
After this, I got tired and set it aside for a few days, so...
Day 5 (technically Day 2):
I spent probably 4-5 hours on this one sitting.
I mixed yellows, reds, purples, and greens to get the light and dark brown pigment. More purple=darker brown for the beard.
Next are details on the eyes and the rest of the face.
Finished the hair and darker area of the cloth.
I mixed a lot of dark brown paint and didn't want it to go to waste, so I was forced to finish painting out the dark parts, then decided to go ahead and do the lighter areas. (which was good because if I didn't, I would have set this aside to work on for another day :P)
Details on the cloth are added. If you are very observant, you will notice that this picture and the previous one were upside down. I like to paint the sides of my canvas, and you get a good perspective of the painting when veiwing it from a different side.
More details plus the signature and I'm done!
Front view
Right side view
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