Painting with MilanC. part 11: Leonardo da Vinci
Just like always, here are the main phases of my painting process:
01. Preparation phase;
02. Sketch phase;
03. Painting phase.
I Preparation phase:
For my next idea, I thought of painting Leonardo da Vinci, a famous Italian polymath of the High Renaissance, who was also a painter, sculptor, architect, theorist and engineer. For the source, I used this image:
For this painting, I’ll be using pencils and crayons on Blok 5 (A5 format paper). I also used crayons, wooden colors and some pencils. For colors, I was using a combination of gray, purple, orange, red, black and brown.
II Sketch phase:
In this phase, I'll draw a sketch for the painting, nothing special. After drawing the sketch, we’ll end up with something like this:
III Painting phase:
For the last phase, I first started by painting Leonardo da Vinci. I started from the bottom before then painting his beard, which was simple. Next, I painted his hat, before then painting his face, which wasn't that difficult. For the time being, it should look like this:
The last thing I painted was the background. I first started by painting the background with a brown crayon, combined it with pencil. After smoothing the background, at first it looked gray, then I applied some orange for a bit of saturation. The portrait took me 2 days to complete, but overall, I'm really happy with a result:
If you have other painting suggestions, let me know down below. I hope you enjoy this one.