Eastertime..........

Good morning my blogging friends,

Wishing you all an Easter filled with love and happiness.

... and thank you, Lord, for your sacrifice, on the first Good Friday.

The name of this painting, Immolatum, comes from the beautiful Ave Verum Corpus - and it means "Sacrifice"

Have a blessed Easter, all .
xx

Stages 4-6 of Immolatum

the painting progresses with stages 4 - 6.
Whilst I was happy with the face, I was not too happy with the arms.
They do get changed within these stages and in the final stage too.
Sometimes I leave an area if I am not happy with it and change it right at the last.

4) More work around the face and beard

5) deepening the darks

6) under wash on crown of thorns

I have to finish up the crown of thorns and then make any  adjustments necessary - and you will see the finished painting on Friday.

Stages 1-3 of Immolatum

Here we are with my artistic ambition.. to paint the crucified Christ.
This will be a one colour portrait, and the colour is Burnt Sienna from the Windsor and Newton artist Quality range .
Paper is Arches Aquarelle Rough and the size is quarter sheet - 15x11 inches.

Stages 1-3 on this post

1) The drawing

2) The background, wet into wet

3) the beginning of the face