Painting with MilanC. part 06: The Christmas Truce (1914)
Before we start, here are the main phases of my painting process:
01. Preparation phase;
02. Sketch phase;
03. Painting phase.
I Preparation phase:
Before we even start, we need a good idea for the painting. Since this painting is Christmas related and I'm a huge fan of history, I thought of painting the Christmas Truce, which took place on Christmas (December 25th, 1914). For the painting source, I'll be also using an image from Google, like this one:
The next thing we need to is to think of the technique we’ll be using. For this one, I’ll be using pencils and crayons on Blok 4 (A4 format paper). Since this painting is in grayscale, there aren't any colors to choose. Instead, I'll be using the black and gray crayons. One more thing to point out is that I also used a black marker to fix the Christmas tree a bit.
II Sketch phase:
The next phase is the sketch phase, in which we'll draw a sketch for the painting. 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. After painting all the people in the painting, our product will look like this:
The last thing I was left to paint was the background. It took a whole day to paint this group portrait. 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.