37. Day, March 10, 2020


I start painting the torso with the Beshmet (shirt)!

Our model is wearing a black one with a clearly visible blue cast - probably silk, which was not rare ...:



I do the same thing - and use these colors ...:



The basic tone consists of "ivory black" and "ultramarine dark" (50:50) for the shadows I increase the black portion to pure black.

The lights are created by adding more and more skin tones to the basic color.

So far so good!

Only photographing the whole thing drove me up the tree again - and that several times!

Due to the gloss of the still damp colors, lights and shadows are barely visible - you just have to believe me that they are there - even on the back of the collar!





In order to imitate "silk" I will now give the Beshmet a finish with this...



... as soon as the oil paint is dry.


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Tomorrow I'll make some more "higher" highlights by using Blue, Skintone and add a bit white...

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38. Day, March 11, 2020


Actually, I wanted to put the highlights on the shirt today - and then move on to the next detail, but nothing came of it!

Because my inner "rivet counter" has spoken again - and I got used to listening to it. Most of the time he's right!

What's the matter:

Take a look at the stand-up collar of the original painting ...:



And now the same place on the bust ...:



What do you see?

Right - the stand-up collar of a soft (silk) shirt never looks so smooth when the wearer of the shirt is moving smoothly, like our "Petro"!

There are a lot of wrinkles missing!

Decision: rebuild the collar - model the drapery.

Execution...:





It is easier to write than it is, because it is pretty tight up there between the shoulder pieces and the pistol cord!

And because I am the "king of the break offs", I had to - after the collar - also make a new piece of this cord ...


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39. Day, March 12, 2020



Washed down the old paint, re-primed the collar and chest area ...:






Fit test with head ...:




The work was worth it!


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Well done on that collar Martin!

Joe

40. Day, March 13, 2020


The shirt chest is - now for the second time - painted!

I make the folds as hard as I can just hold them, but I don't want to go any further into the lights, because later there will still be the angled arm with the saber in front ...:




For the time being I leave the collar still...


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41. Day, March 16, 2020


Well - the selfmade collar is now also painted!

At the moment it still looks ... , for the fresh color is so shiny ...:






Lot of work for a position that you can hardly see later ...



... but it was fun ...
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42. Day, March 17, 2020


Today I'm doing the "silk" finish of the Beshmet shirt!

With this stuff here ...:




The name "painting medium" is slightly misleading. This "iridescent" stuff is water-soluble and dries absolutely matt and transparent!

It leaves a gentle mother-of-pearl shine on the surface painted with it. This mother-of-pearl effect becomes weaker the more you dilute the stuff.

I paint my shirt in three stages:

On the lights at the top of the collar there is the strongest degree of permeability dilution about 1: 1, on the lights in the chest area is thinned more (about 1: 3) and in the shadow valleys on the curb and on the collar comes more water than painting medium (about 1: 5), alsp the most diluted mixture.

In the following pictures the stuff is not quite dry yet - but the effect is as I imagined it ...:






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43. Day, March 18, 2020



COVID-19 has one good thing: You can paint completely undisturbed!

Today - on the back of the bust - I tried the color mix "black" for the Cherkesska.

I enriched the black with a spor carmine red, hardly noticeable, but gives the color a slightly more interesting tone, I think!



I just have to be careful not to add too much red, because then the lights will turn pink - and of course I don't want that!

For the deep shadows, of course, I use pure black, I pull some lights up into the white.

And it is a real pleasure to paint the drapery sculpted by Markus!

The result - since I've just finished, "Petro's" back shines violently ...:




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44. Day, March 19, 2020

Varnished, varnished, varnished - with basic color (black with a hint of carmine) and jet black.

In addition, I have reinforced the light guidance on the back in a few places ...:








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45. Day, March 20, 2020


Front side painted - even to the belt!

But I cannot offer you more than this one sad picture - the shiny black is simply "unphotographable!"






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I'm happy to see you here too! Great work what you deliver here.

46. Day, March 24, 2020



The black of our hero's Cherkesska is now at least dry enough that photography is better again - and you can see a few details of the painting.

I'll start with the details - the first thing is the cords around the neck of "Petro"!

These things prevented the pistol from falling to the ground in hand-to-hand combat if the owner had to let it go.

Such cords were available in all colors - mostly things were worn to match the barbel.

I've already painted a red one, a light blue one too - so don't speak against painting the "standard" version - and it was reddish brown ...:





Instead of the lower loop...



... which was supposed to prevent the two cord strings from gaping apart, a silver sleeve was often worn in the Caucasus - which of course I did too!

The whole thing happens with these colors ...:



And now looks like this:






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