Painting with MilanC. part 17: Saigō Takamori
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 painted Saigō Takamori, a famous Japanese samurai who was very influential in Japanese history and one of the great nobles of the Meiji restoration. For the source, I used the following image, which is the portrait by C. Nakagawa:
For this painting, I’ll be using pencils and crayons on Blok 5 (A5 format paper). I also used crayons and pencils. For colors, I was mostly using black and gray, since it's in grayscale.
II Sketch phase:
In this phase, like always, I'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, it wasn't that difficult after all. Most parts of the painting were very simple to paint And by now, we should have something like this:
For the background, I struggled a bit, so I can shade and smooth with a pencil. I was also using some crayons for the background, mainly black for the edges. At last, I'm happy with a final result:
If you have other painting suggestions, let me know down below. I hope you enjoy this one.