Painting Jesus Christ the Prince of Peace Step-By-Step
Painting Jesus Christ the Prince of Peace in tetrachrome (using only four colours) with the underpainting technique. The colours used are Yellow Oche, Ercolano Red (and Mars Red), Iron Oxide Black and Titanium white.
Underpainting: Yellow Ochre, Black and White
Red Garment Proplasmos: Ercolano Red, Mars Red and a touch of white.
Blue Garment Proplasmos: Black and white
Halo: Proplasmos: Yellow ochre + white
Lights: white
Red Garment 1st Light: Proplasmos + white =a touch of black
2nd Light: 1st + white
3rd Light: 2nd + white
Blue Garment: 1st Light: Proplasmos + white
2nd Light: 1st+ white
3rd light: 2nd + white
Graspimata:
Blue Garment: Black + white + mars red
Red Garment: Yellow ochre + black + a touch of ercolano red
Clavis: Proplasmos: Yellow Ochre + Ercolano Red+ black
Grapsimata: Proplasmos+ red ercolano + black
Assist: Yellow ochre + white
Gospel book:
Pages proplasmos: white+yellow ochre + red ercolano
1st Light: white (diluted)
2nd light: white
Grapsimata: Yellow Ochre + red ercolano + white
Edge of the book: Red ercolano+ a little mars red
Grapsimata: red ercolano + black
Face and hands: Proplasmos: Yellow ochre + red ercolano + black
Hair: Face prolasmos + red ercolano + black
Grapsimata : Proplasmos + red ercolano + black
1st Light: proplasmos + yellow ochre + a touch of white
2nd Light: 1st + yellow ochre + white
3rd: 2nd + yellow ochre+ white
I used a glaze of red ercolano+ yellow ochre + black over the hair to bring the tone down.
Grapsimata (Face/beard/ hair): Red ercolano + black
Beard: Build up the grapsimata with the addition of black.
1st Flesh: Yellow ochre + white
Cool glaze (glykasmos): Yellow ochre + white+ black
2nd Flesh: 1st + white
Warm glaze (pyrodismos): ercolano red+ a touch of yellow ochre
3rd Flesh: 2nd + white
Psimithia: 1st: 3rd flesh = white
Final: white
Hands 1st Flesh: Yellow ochre + white
2nd Flesh: 1st + white
Warm glaze (pyrodismos): ercolano red+ a touch of yellow ochre
3rd Flesh: 2nd + white
Psimithia: 1st: 3rd flesh = white
Final: white
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