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    dcorc
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        I’m in love with a 500 year old woman!

        As soon as I saw her surprise appearance in this month’s MOM, I knew – I just had to paint her! (thanks, Richard, for introducing us!)

        16 x 12 in acrylic gessoed board, my usual alkyds – scrubbed in a pale wash of titanium white, ivory black and burnt umber + mineral spirits, roughed out and shaded a first layer with a darker version of the same mix. So everything’s a couple of lovely shades of mud at the moment!

        Dave

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        artbabe21
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            Excellent start, Dave! You just rock lately Mr.Cool!! Please tell us more about this laison…who is she? :angel:

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            #1030417
            Biki
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                Nice to read you like the older women Mr Cool.
                There’s hope for me yet. ;)

                Great start Dave, I know you are going to knock our socks off with this. :D

                Pulling up a chair, but not holding my breath just yet. :)

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                #1030388
                sasaman
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                    Hi,

                    I will wait your steps with impatience. In another thread I asked suggestions for drapery. This subject has a very complex drapery, so I hope you can tell us in very detail how you will solve this subject matter.

                    Thanks in advance
                    Bye

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                    I’m in love with a 500 year old woman!

                    Dave

                    I’m telling you now…..it will end in tears!!! ;) :)

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                    loop
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                        I’m in love with a 500 year old woman!

                        As soon as I saw her surprise appearance in this month’s MOM, I knew – I just had to paint her! Dave

                        good going Dave, when I saw her show up I thought…why aren’t we painting that picture, we can now all live vicariously through you…this time :)

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                        #1030517
                        WV.Artistry
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                            you’re welcome.

                            and thank you for posting the “basil chick” in the classical forum.

                            keep us posted with your palet on updates.

                            Richard

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                            dcorc
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                                I will wait your steps with impatience. In another thread I asked suggestions for drapery. This subject has a very complex drapery, so I hope you can tell us in very detail how you will solve this subject matter.

                                There are lots of ways one could approach this – what I’m intending to do here is to work up a tonal underpainting in greys and browns (and I might throw in a bit of green too if I feel like it!) to establish brightness values first, by painting several layers to refine and correct, and work from the current rough block-in towards increasing detail.

                                Personally I find this more fun than doing a detailed drawing stage (or rather I’m using this as my drawing stage, but doing it in paint). I’m doing this in alkyds, which are fast-drying (but live in cold damp old London, which means even the alkyds take a while) so will do a layer each day if “real life” allows the time :)

                                Dave

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                                dcorc
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                                    For the impatient sasaman :)

                                    Here’s my second stage (about 15 mins work in this stage) – the initial painting is now dry, so I’m going over brighter areas with a thin coat of titanium white (only, no other colour used here) – straight out the tube, no medium, applied with a 3/8″ synthetic flat brush – to start to pick out brighter areas of drapery and skin – I’m only interested in brightening things a bit with this pass, and in establishing general shapes – what’s most important to me, thoughout, is keeping a physically flat surface, not building up any ridges of paint.

                                    more to come a little later…

                                    Dave

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                                    dcorc
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                                        A quick layer of burnt sienna + french ultramarine, to start building some of the gorgeous chocolatey-blacks we see in the original.

                                        Overall effect at the moment is still mud-pies, but there’s much more to come, yet!

                                        Dave

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                                        artmom
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                                            I’m here for the duration! :)

                                            Lyn

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                                            Carey Griffel
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                                                Dave,

                                                Thanks for this wip…I’m excited to see how it develops! I think that, already, you’re getting that fabric to look like fabric with it’s satiny texture. :) And I, too, think that this is a lovely painting.

                                                ~!Carey

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                                                Grasshopper
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                                                    I’m also here for the duration and very much look forward to wordy explanations (major hint).

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                                                    Slowly getting there ….hope it wont take another 500 years :)

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                                                    Rosic
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                                                        She doesn’t look a day over 400… but you’re making her look younger with every stroke. Great WIP Dave!
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