Painting with MilanC. part 02: Dragomir Bojanić Gidra
Just like in the previous article, I’ll list out the main phases of my painting process, and these phases are:
01. Preparation phase;
02. Sketch phase;
03. Painting phase.
I Preparation phase:
Before we start painting, we have to think of what to paint. This time, I’ll be painting Dragomir Bojanić Gidra, a famous Serbian and Yugoslav actor who played Žika Pavlović in ,,Žika’s dynasty”. For the painting source, I'll be using an image from Google, like this one:
The next thing to do is to find the right canvas so we can later measure by proportion. If the painting appears to be too big, the best thing to do is to crop a photo, so it matches the size of an A5 format paper.
After we find the right canvas, next we have to talk about the technique we’ll be using. For this one, I’ll be using a combination of pencils, wooden colors and crayons (wax pastels) on Blok 5 (A5 format paper). Like in this image, I’ll mostly be using the colors like black, gray, brown, orange…
II Sketch phase:
The next phase is the sketch phase. In this phase, we need to draw a sketch concept of how we want our painting to look in the end. For this sketch, I used a combination of all sketching methods. Those being the following:
a) Ruler measuring;
b) Monitor copying;
c) Free-hand drawing.
Because I had more space at the top, I decided to just draw a wooden frame to cover more space. After drawing the sketch, we’ll end up with something like this:
III Painting phase:
For the last phase, I at first had some trouble finding the right color, so I messed up a bit with an ear, but I was able to fix it with the right combination of colors. This time instead of using brown crayon for the skin color, I used an orange crayon instead and got a better result. After finishing a spot, I then move on to the next spot. After some time, Žika looks like this:
After that it's just repeating the steps. Start by coloring a spot with a right crayon, then we shade the spot, after that we apply the pencil for shading, then add some extra wooden colors for more saturation and for some highlights.
Sometimes, I was using a bit of white crayon to highlight some spots, but it got dirty a bit in the end. After I paint all main subjects in the painting, I then painted the background for the final part of painting, and after some time, here’s the final result:
If you have other painting suggestions, let me know down below. I hope you enjoy this one.