My greetings!
This double portrait of a married couple is a gift from children to parents on their 30th anniversary of living together.
I was asked to paint a portrait in the style of my diploma painting.
The idea was to portray them as a dancing waltz. As in the first wedding dance.
To work on this picture, as always, I started with a sketch. I did the sketch on my computer (unfortunately, it didn`t survive).
When the compositional solution was approved, I transferred the image to the canvas using ordinary drawing charcoal.
After drawing, I started to apply imprimatur. The main paint mixing consisted of ocher red color with addition of light ocher and umber. Imprimatur was applied chaotically, in places with a large addition of linseed oil, turpentine.
I applied a little bit of texture paste in some places (dress decoration, flowers ...)
I began to draw with dark colors. Umbra and ultramarine.
The next step is to reveal the light.
Refine the image and fill it with color. I painted the darkest and lightest areas.
The finishing phase is the longest. It includes generalization, refinement of details and thin layered lisquerading, determining the tone, drawing and color.
TITLE:"Pearl wedding"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
SIZE: 120х80 cm
Thanks for reading!
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That is a fun gif, watching you speed paint lol! The painting is lovely, what a sweet gift!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it :)
fantastic work, i love oil painting in general and i love how you showed the process ... big upvote and follow
Thanks a lot!
I'm glad that you liked the process and the picture itself :)
sure alex, nothing compares to original painting, i had several attempts to paint in oil using layering technique, but when i see alaprima result .. i just adore it .. so keep on the good work my friend, and i will follow you
Yes, oil sprinkling technique requires patience and experience. follow too
Another amazing example of work with the textures!
Thank you very much for the warm comment!