Next I move to the background, but first
After I have painted all the greens I pro- Time to define the lakes opaque white
I apply masking tape around the shirt
ceed to put some olive green all over the is used followed by some aqua blue and
and start with the skyline always work-
mountains and mix it also with the sky. emerald green softly; then go back to the
ing from the back plane which is the very
face and work some more on details. I
last object in the scenery; the sky. In the
throw some red brown on the shadows,
real painting it is a little bit confusing as
some florescent orange also to enhance
you can see, (too deteriorated) so to me
the whole face, next I add some light to
the sky Leonardo painted looks kind of
the face with opaque white.
aqua blue and sort of emerald green.
From top to bottom I spray light green,
then darker aqua and move onto the
mountains and I outline the lakes.
Next step is to advance downwards and
apply more and more dark brown to the
During the previous and present steps
Here I finished most of the face and
darker areas. Concentrate more on de-
I spray a mist of golden yellow (barely
background. Next I will focus on the bot-
tails in the face, eyes and focus on the
visible) also one of red brown and one
tom portion and leave the easy parts un-
distinctive Monalisa ‘’smile’’. After apply-
of aqua blue to give the effect of an old
til the end. If you notice I didn’t tape the
ing dark brown to the face I also spray a
looking oil painting.
bottom edge or the top around the neck
little bit of florescent pink and orange. (I
I personally prefer that finish instead of
would like to mention that during the en-
a white frame.
tire process of the painting I was listen-
ing to some opera music from Pavarotti
and Bocelli like ‘’La Donna e Mobile, O
sole Mio, Figaro’’ for some inspiration.
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