Painting with MilanC. part 03: The Armistice Day (1918)
Just like before, before we start, here are the main phases of my painting process:
01. Preparation phase;
02. Sketch phase;
03. Painting phase.
I Preparation phase:
Just like before, we need a good idea for the painting. I thought this time of painting the signature of the Armistice, signed on 11th November, 1918. For the painting source, I'll be also using an image from Google, like this one:
The next thing we need to, after finding the right canvas, is to think of the technique we’ll be using. For this one, I’ll be also using a combination of pencils and crayons (wax pastels) on Blok 4 (A4 format paper). This is an interesting painting since it's in grayscale, meaning that there aren't any colors to choose. Instead, I'll be using the black, gray and white crayons.
II Sketch phase:
The next phase is the sketch phase, in which we'll draw a sketch for the painting. For this sketch, I used a combination of all sketching methods, for example:a) Ruler measuring;
b) Monitor copying;
c) Free-hand drawing.After drawing the sketch, we’ll end up with something like this
III Painting phase:
For the last phase, I first started by painting the people in the painting. I also painted the bottom part of the painting. For now, or product looks like this:
The last thing I left for painting was the top part of the painting. It took a week to paint because I had other things to do. When I have a lot of things to do, I simply can't focus on all of them at once. Painting it's not only thing I'm do, I also have to study for school, to make YouTube videos, to make graphics for the "Cards of other Life", a video game project I'm working on with my friends. It's hard for me to stay organized, and more, I need some free time for other activities too. But at last, the painting is finished and looks like this:
If you have other painting suggestions, let me know down below. I hope you enjoy this one.
