2.5" x 3.5" Oil on 300lb hot pressed smooth watercolor paper. I was curious as to how oil painted on a smooth surface since my normal oil paintings are on primed canvas that still has a bit of tooth. Another thing that I had to do that normally I do not, is thin my paints. My pencil undersketch resembled the famous painting much more closely than the oil portrait. Even my smallest brushes seemed too large for the facial details. I may attempt painting her again in the future after buying some smaller brushes. I am at the moment working on recreating a life sized reproduction of the Mona Lisa as well. I am recording my progress as I go along and shall post it in the tutorial section when finished. Here is a link to a larger than life sized view of the piece > http://www.johnhoulefineart.com/ATCMonaLisaI.html
4 Comments
William Boyer 03 Apr 2007
the small paintings are harder than the big ones. great jobRenata Cavanaugh 25 Mar 2007
Beautifully done Johnjamie winter 23 Mar 2007
wow, this is great John. jamieHanna Stawska 21 Mar 2007
Fantastic painting!