Entering the next stage

For those who asked what is the story behind the painting.....

When your history is one with all what used to be nice is broken

Someday somewhere even you will see a spark of love
Put on your nicest dress and start heading for the exit
Run for the light and leave the all the broken parts behind
If there is no exit you could decide to create one yourself
You could draw a new sparkling world, full of love

Entering the next stage, finished almost with the underpainting (corrected some perspective errors and added some more stone.... have to do some shading), I started with coloring the sky. This shows immediate the effect that I want to achieve, a real breaktrough.

The glazing of the wall is started. I use for the first layer(s) Rembrandt Oils. color Still de Grain. The medium used is Scheveningen Oil Medium. The color still the grain is a slightly darkish kind of yellow, highly transparent but with a lot of pigment. The color layer is applied as a very thin film, most of the details of the underpainting will be seen through the film. The highlights of the underpainting are worked out with Titan White while the glace is still wet.

Lots of progress on the floor...

Today a good day after a week full of illness (flu). I decide to have a new session on the painting and painted the floor and some scenary like the broken timpaal with the picture of some Greece godness.
Next time I'll start to correct some errors in the wall and will make a decision if and if yes what I will place in the arch.

Tiles and stones...

Finally decided what to use as underground. Just following now the original and make a broken tile floor, partially covered with sand and small rocks..... Also decided that the timbal should look like marmer from the beginning and started to repaint the structure.

Milestone completed!

Finally I managed to sit down and to complete the wall on the painting and made a start with the other scenery in front. I have a clear idea now about the structure of the street and will make some fine progress next weeks. In front of the broken timbaal there will be some more stone and rocks.

There is some more work to do on the right wall in order to get it straight.

Hair...

After a few days of hectic communication training finally got the courage and started with the underpainting for the hair, showing more and more of the concept of the drawing. Will finish the hair this week and maybe the rest of the underpainting (challencing ambition)... Have to do a lot more on the hair (high lights, some more contrast etc.

Lazy Sunday

Not much to do this Sunday except a short visit to some frends... So picked up the brushes and made an attempt to do a serious par tof the arch.

And still looking for a good tutorial on the hair...

Spare hours..

Today I had a few spare hours alone at home. Definitely picked the opportunity to paint the arch once more. I'll give the painting one week to dry and then start with the hair. Already struggling what to place on the foreground. I show some drawings next week.

Note that the dark paint of the arch is still wet and will bleach towards the other stones (I hope....)