Hello Guys . Going up with Ulrich Puchala bust series . The next 2 boxarts that will be painted side by side will be Sissy I emperess of Austria - Hungary .



the bust needed no cleaning at all as the casting was superb. I have entered pins for hand , base and head , glues all parts except left arm which will be attached later .









I hope you will like this one !!

Costas

well as long she kept the mouth closed.her teeth where horrible as where most of people of this time.therefore all old paintings show them solem and never smiling.at this time it was common practice to suck on small pastilles wich where made with herb extracts and other strong smelling ingrediences to lower the stench of rotting teeths.
she was assasinated and stabbed with an nail file quite an uncommon waqy to die.

Oh! that´s why I love these pieces of history. . . so cheerfull. . .

HAHHAHAH interesting ! rotting teeth , i must try to paint these !!!!

Well well - it's amazing what you find out, yes all the old masters or portraits were with mouth's closed, saw some 17th & 18th century paintings last week, a pity.Good start also.

costas, very nice! bill

some idea of my working area and reference stuff

I don't post here much but the subject matter interested me !!! Love the figure and looking forward to progress . I must express this !! seems many people sometimes say Oh!!! you paint figurines but I feel the work we do places us as artists ...
Just my two cents !! Thanks

Looking forward to seeing more of this one mate and good to see the studio set up and running again, keep the paints flowing mate.

Steve

the teeth thing is reported in many reports about her
so its easy to check

Βλεποντας το εργαστηρι σου χθες, ετρεξα κατευθειαν σπιτι για να βαψω και εγω με μανια.Τελικα το εστησες για τα καλα τον χωρο ''ευχαριστησεις''!!!!
Bravo my friends good workplace and good start!!!

Alexandros
http://alexminiatures.blogspot.com/

Some work on hair and face



some work on the neckless

Nice start on Sissy.

marc

Some more progress with her .

Acrylic underpainting and repainting with oil films

She is very pretty.

Thanks Pedro

Costas