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Lionel · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 2:47 pm

I haven't posted anything for a while and since this is taking forever I thought I would paint the progress pics of where I am so far Smile

. None of this is finished yet

Iliya Zilberter · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 5:47 pm

nice, nice indeed. You might want to block in the entire thing first instead of rendering certain parts right away, but I guess since the painting you're using for reference already has its main values and shadws down thats not necessary.
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Lionel · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 2:34 pm

Iliya Zilberter: Yea your right I should block it in first but I am a bit to lazy :/.

Progress still amasingly slow :/ I need a goo kicking and get me to work harder

acidcrys · member Member # Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Posts: 53 Location: Fl

Beautiful work! Extremely realistic

notify me when its finished? I'd love to see it complete. It is Napolean right?
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shawnhud · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 6:28 pm

That's really nice, and quite convenient now that Matthew has started a horse thread. Seriously though, nice work. I really like the shaul/blanket around him. Great folds.
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faeklone · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 10:55 pm

Nice David reference. Just tell me that you're not really that short. Razz

Capt. Fred · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 2:08 am

looking wonderful

Lionel · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 4:27 pm

Capt. Fred: Thanks
faeklone: Not quite that short though I am not the talest person in the world
shawnhud: It is kinda convienient I can now double post this in the hourse thread
acidcrys: It is napolieon by david but I will put my face on it

Lionel · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2003 3:02 pm

Dear god talk about slow progress :/

Capt. Fred · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:44 am

I really love this image. I think it rocks. I love that brown fabric and .. everything else.. Surprised

UkiTakuMuki · member Member # Joined: 20 Nov 2002 Posts: 156

COOL~ the dynamics are awesome! i love that cape flinging thing Very Happy

<-sucka for capes and flowing fabric the strokes are great and so are the colours :>

hehe

i cant wait to see it finished.. i shortcut this to my desktop, so u better finish it lol

wonderful painting.. i cant crit on any technicality cause i myself am a shitty painter. (im relearning foundation though... hope to improve Sad

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PS: may i know why u added green and purple to the back? did u mix those colours in? or what are they for? thats one thing that always baffles me.. why do alot of great artist add 'unncessary' colour to the back of the paintings? im SURE theyre not swatches... for 'feel'? eh?!

Lionel · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 4:14 pm

Capt. Fred: Thanks for the kind words

UkiTakuMuki: I will finish it eventually Smile

sorry for the progress gap but UI have not been around for the last week Smile

. Since this is a master copy I really can't take any credit for the colors and dynamics :/ you just have to look at the original to see how much better the original David was Smile

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http://virtualart.admin.tomsk.ru/jdavid/p-jdavid24.htm. Hoprfully you can see wht the green is now. The purple was a mistake as I got the wrong color and the blue will be the eventual color of the background Smile

. There are often lots of reasons experianced artists put strange colors in their back grounds. Once is balance. It is a hard thing to explain but if you look at atrists like mondren you will see how he used blocks of color to balance creat balanced paintings. If you look at his paintings your eye will not concentrat in one part of the painting but as it is balanced your eyes will see all of the painting. Very bad explainantion sorry. If you look at thouse colors you will find they arn't so random either. Generall they are colors that are used in the object of interest. If you use colors in your background that arn't in you object of interest you will find the object of interest looks stuck on Smile

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Sorry I have been away for a week. I have been working on this after work but I will have a wole day to work on this tommorow so I may well get it finished Smile

. Well fingers crossed anyway.
I recently noticed that I managed to get all of the colors wrong as the room I am working it is very dark so I am finding it hard to see the reference pic. This means I am painting the whole thing a ot darker than the orginal and losing a lot of the subtalty. I had a really big shock when I saw the original in sun light there is so much more depth in the real pic :/.

Lionel · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 3:41 pm

Guess I was being a little optomistic maby a little longer till its done Smile

Max · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 1:57 am

looks extremely good!
wondering about the bg....

merlyns · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 5:53 am

really nice image.
I recommend painting on a more naturel colored canvas.

I like it very much I'm looking forward to the end result.

-david
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Lionel · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 2:34 pm

merlyns: Thanks for the comments. I am never sure what color to paint on It doesn't seem to make so much difference what I use but I will certainly give it another go.

Max Kulich: Thanks and one rough background for you Smile

I didn't do so much tonight other than quickly rough in the back ground. I will go over and tighten it up tommorrow. It could take a while :/.

Max · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 1:28 pm

haha, very good, I like it

eigam · junior member Member # Joined: 04 Apr 2003 Posts: 32

Sweet, nice progression.

Lionel · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 3:22 pm

Max Kulich: Thanks
eigam: Slow progression sadly :/

Well am going away for the weekend but will sort out the face and the figures under the horse Smile

when I get back. Almost there now Smile

Iliya Zilberter · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 4:06 pm

nice man, almost there.

i think it would be cool if you wrote "lionel" on the stone instead of "bonaparte"
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