3 Times Elvis is back on the easel! Here you can read the first post about this project. There is a lot to be done, here you’ll see some close-ups of the faces and hands. I need to to mix a lot of skin colors… Sixties Fifties Seventies Visits:618 Total: 144089 Follow
Next thing I’m going to do, besides the “Jumpsuits and stagewear series” is finish this painting. It’s in my studio for a long time.. Visits:377 Total: 144089 Follow
A little update. I wrote that I was going to finish the background first … but I couldn’t resist starting with the clothes 🙂 Visits:397 Total: 144089 Follow
I applied the first color layer on the background. I’m going to finish the background before I start on the rest (exept some glazing coats). The right order in which I learned it in is; 1. Background, 2. Skin, 3. Clothing and 4. Hair. Visits:732 Total: 144089 Follow
I applied two layers of Zinc White and Raw Umber. One or two more layers and then I can start with color!!! Oil on canvas, 80 x 120 cm. Visits:287 Total: 144089 Follow
After all the research, taking pictures and making sketches I finally started with the underpainting. I applied the first layers of Zinc White and Raw Umber. Many layers will follow before I can start with color…. Oil on canvas, 80 x 120 cm. Visits:250 Total: 144089 Follow
The masterdrawing is done. I made a drawing on tracing paper by using a grid. Where it was necessary I changed the clothing. When I was satisfied with the drawing I made the definitive lines red with a Fine-liner so that I can still see them when the backside is made black with graphite to
I started with a detailed drawing the same size as the painting. In this drawing I will solve problems with lighting and implement the clothes I sketched earlier. When the drawing is finished I will transfer it on the canvas. My desk is too small for the drawing, I started on the floor but my
In this sketch I changed the 2008 jacket, shirt and tie to a Sixties outfit. I’m going to take a good look at the heads, maybe I’m going to replace them one more time. Then I finaly can start with the live sized drawing!! Visits:554 Total: 144089 Follow
I choose different clothing for the “Fifties Elvis”. I thought that the clothes I choose before are a bit dark. I picked the light striped coat that you see a lot on photos of Elvis from the Fifties. I’m working on a rough sketch for the Sixties and when that is finished I’m going to
