painting with acrilics

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Hi, all!I'm really glad to start an step by step painting process of this espectacular


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This incredible piece is a present from my friend Yury Serebriakov and, as I'm really pleased to be able to put my brushes on it, I will try to share some ofthis happiness with all of you


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The bust comes in one piece and doesn't need almost any preparation prior to painting, excepting the removal of the mold line that runs on its back. Afterthe cleaning job, I repaired the fine wool texture of the coat and hat with a bit of duro and a hard brush:


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I also have glued in place a steel rod in the lower part of it so it can be attached to the base. I'll try to post more detailed advances, with explanations and

paint mixes tomorrow.

1. Thanks guys for your support. I'm sure it will be a nice and fun process!First of all, I have to say that I made a mistake with the year in wich I located the subject. Yury has sent me some reference information and it seems that the hat ofthe bust first appeared in 1919, so the moment should be the civil war that followed the October Revolution.

Well. Let's start with the eyes.The choice of colours for the eyeball is very simple:Base: Deck tan + Basic skintoneShadows: Base + Blood Red (Citadel)


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Highlights: Base + IvoryFinal highlights: Ivory (Pure)

I started the eyes with two thin layers of the base colour:

Then, I mixed a bit of Blood Red with the base tone and applied it as a wash in the borders of the eyeball:


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A bit of pure Blood Red (very thinned) in the corners of the eyes and the shadows of the eyeballs are done:


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Now, let's go for the highlights.

First, I started with the base tone and then added Ivory, taking the lights to the center and the upper part of the eyes:


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Normally, in smaller scales, you don't take that much trouble in that part but, due to the importance an size of the eyes in this bust, any time spent in them worthsit.

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Fernando RuizWell-Known MemberLet's go with the pupils.

These are the tones:Base: Oxford blue + Chaos Black (Citadel)Shadows: Chaos Black (very thinned)Highlights: Oxford Blue, Oxford blue + Sky blue and Sky Blue (pure)A dot of Chaos Black for the iris and a dot of Offwhite for the reflection.


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Maybe the most important step in the painting of any face is the centering of the pupils. My trick is to start with a small well aimed dot in the center of each eyeand then I expand them until I position them exactly where I want:


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Now I start to apply the highlights towards the lower right border of the pupil and the shadows in the upper left border (each zone in the opposite side of theother):


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I paint a black dot in the center of the pupil:

And a white one in the side of the shadows to simulate the light reflection:


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Let's add a shadow below the limit of the upper eyelid and voila!


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Let s add a shadow below the limit of the upper eyelid and voila!

A closer look:


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The most important thing to have in mind when painting eyes is to try to complete properly each step before entering the next one. Once they are completed, isvery hard to go back to mend any previous mistake . So it's just a matter of patience

I also want to show you the palette of mixed colours (in case you have any doubt with the mixes):


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Next step, the flesh!

Thank you, guys!Let's start the flesh.The tones are very similar to those I used on the HistoricArt landsknecht:Base: Orange Brown + KhakiShadows mix: Blood Red (Citadel) + English Uniform1st shadow: Base + Shadows mix

2nd shadow: 1st shadow + Shadows mix


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2nd shadow: 1st shadow + Shadows mix3rd shadow: Shadows mix (pure)4th shadow: Shadows mix + Oxford blue1st highlight: Base + Basic skintone2nd highlight: 1st highlight + Basic skintone3rd highlight: Basic skintone (pure)4rd highlight: Basic skintone + Ivory5th highlight: Ivory (pure)

Here is a pic of the palette that may be helpful to clarify the mixes (sorry, the colours names are in spanish but I think that is easy to identify them ):


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My idea is to achieve a partially cold and grayish skintone. Thats why I use khaki in the base and basic skintone (very pale) in the highlights. There are stillmore colours to add for the final result, like a deeper and darker shadow, some red in the cheeks, some blue for the 5 o'clock beard, some purple and maybeother differente skin tones. Any colour that adds richness to a face of this size is more than welcome!

Here is the face with the base colour applied:


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Now, this is my sistem when I paint such a big face; First, I do a "sketch" with the base plus 2 or 3 highlights and 2 or 3 shadows so I can set where is gonnabe each tone and the extensin of each zone. Also, this method shows you very quickly if the colours chosen are going to work or not . You don't have to betoo much careful in this stage, just put everything more or less in it's place.After that, I start to work with the whole palette in just a portion of the face. Now I blend carefully the colours, make any needed adjustment in the intensityof the shadows or highligts and start to add secondary tones.When you have worked out all zones in the face, it's time to have a deep look at it and correct any imperfections, equilibrate the highlights of each side andadd the final tones to the special areas (like the lips, the eyebrows, etc...)

First shadow added:


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First shadow and first highlight:


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We add the second shadow:


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A d h d hi hli h


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And the second highlight:


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In this point as you can noticed I have settled more or less the shadows and highlights areas Is better to stop in the intermediate tones because if you


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In this point, as you can noticed, I have settled more or less the shadows and highlights areas. Is better to stop in the intermediate tones because, if youhave to make any radical change it will be easier.

Now comes the funny (and longest) part of the flesh work. I have already started with the area surrounding the left eye:

It still has much work to be done Keep in mind that everything you do is provisional until you have worked all parts of the face at more or less the same


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It still has much work to be done. Keep in mind that everything you do is provisional until you have worked all parts of the face at more or less the samelevel. This method may seem a bit long but, believe me, it gives you a high degree of control of the final result


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I'm finishing diverse blendings in all the left zone I also have applied a bit of Blood Red in the cheeks Then I blended it wit the background tones to soften


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I m finishing diverse blendings in all the left zone. I also have applied a bit of Blood Red in the cheeks. Then, I blended it wit the background tones to softenit even more.After that, I airbrushed a bit of matt varnish to fully appreciate the tones. Due to the way I apply the painting, and the use of citadel acrylics, sometimes Iend with a too satin finish in certain areas. Is better to correct it in order to know if everything is OK.

New advances:

All the left area is more polished and I have started with other parts, as the nose.


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Here, you can tell the difference between the worked areas (the left side) an the ones just sketched (mostly the right side).


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Here, you can tell the difference between the worked areas (the left side) an the ones just sketched (mostly the right side).

I have already finished painting the face but, in order to keep the SBS in the right pace, i'll put first some pics of the right side of the face almost finished.Here the only thing that is left are the final touches and shades:


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And here, the final result:


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I have added some shades as Citadel's Leviathan Purple ink to get a purplish tone in the lower eyelids and temples, a bit of Citadel's Blood Red thinned forth fl h d th l t f th h d R d bl k Ch bl k f t h d i t f th ki b t ith O f d bl f th


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the flush and the lower part of the nose shade, Red black + Chaos blackfor some extreme shadows, a mixture of the skin base tone with Oxford blue for the5 o'clock, pure Oxford blueto add deepness in some places of the beard and Blood Red + skin base tone for the shade of the lips.

Here are te colours:

From left to right and up to down:

- Blood RedL i th P l i k


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- Leviathan Purple ink- skin base tone + Blood Red- skin base tone + Oxford blue- Pure Oxford blue- Black Red + Chaos Black To finish, I added a bit of satin acrylic varnish to the lips and a bit of gloss to the eyes.Maybe I will add a few additional touches to the face, depending of the next steps.Following the idea of painting "from inside to outside", the next step will be the shirt.A big zoom of the face :


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Let's go ith the ne t step the "budeno ka" hat


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Let's go with the next step, the "budenovka" hat.For this part of the bust I wanted a grayish/purplish finish with rough wool texture. I started with an acrylic basecoat with a mix of Scorched Brown


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I added a basic highlight to serve as a "map" of the position of the light. The colour is a mixture of the basecoat + Graveyard Earth (Citadel):


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With the sketch of the hat completed, I was ready to start with oil paintings.


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