DaVinci MasterStudy Angel from Virgin in the Rocks

Leonardo Da Vinci Master Study Angel from Virgin in the Rocks

Total time 19hrs - all done in photoshop cs3

my process wips


I also did this as a street painting chalk art


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About a week ago John Silva posted on his twitter that it was Master Study Week! And I thought, hmmm I should do a Master Study. I mean I've been doing 2hr speed paintings for over a month now studying light and color this was a perfect opportunity to really just do a really nice finished piece. This is also good practice as its a goal and requirement to do to become a Master Street chalk artist to do at least 5 - 10 Master Studies.

So I chose Leonardo Da Vinci Angel from Virgin in the Rocks for 2 reasons. 1 - I completely need practice with portraits. I avoid faces and human anatomy like the plague. Give me all the animals, environments and still live... but when it comes to people, I suck. and 2 - I've always been fascinated by Leonardo Da Vinci style of Sfumato which is the fine shading that produces soft, imperceptible transitions between colours and tones. ( you can read more about Sfumato here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sfumato )

In the end I really tried to study the brush strokes and methods Da Vinci used, but I also took some creative liberties and changed it up near the end to make it my won. I didn't smooth out all the lines, especially in the cloth and wings. I wanted some texture to be still left in it. The Hair is really as close as I could get it with out spending another 19 hrs on it! lol I mean I could sit here for another 2 week perfecting every detail but, ya know... I have other projects I would like to work on. I still see mistakes in well... everything... but I'm happy with the likeness of the original reference.

I really have to thank Bahkana bahkana.deviantart.com/, Madam Marla madam-marla.deviantart.com/ and Muz muzski.deviantart.com/ for all their help sitting with me night after night as I worked on this. They provided alot of crits and pointed out things I normally would not have seen. Annnnnnd all my Livestream buddies for putting up with my negative attitude towards it! Lol, because there were many times I just wanted to toss this thing out the window. I really have to say if it wasn't for the crimson daggers, my friends and livestream... I probably would never have gotten this done... so really thanks guys for the support! <3

And now I go rest... enjoy

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