Finished painting, now on to Sanding and Varnish
touch up highlights, and shading
More detail
touch ups to vine work
touch ups to negative spaces
Inner Frame fill and outer frame scroll work
filling in foreground characters
Adding aditional yellows, pinks hues and blues
more work with fowers
Add light green
dark Green
Red Inks
Drawing of the design
Base prime coat warm colors
original mural 25th century from a Palace in India. as you can see there is substantial weathering and fading of the wood frames and paint.
I was commissioned to reproduce a 15th century mural from a Palace in India. The client only had a lo-res jpeg. I did a search online and was able to find a hi-res file that cost me $35, But it was so worth it to be able to zoom in and see details. This was my first attempt using oil paints and it was quite the challenge. I accidentally used a slow dry linseed thinner which extended drying time 10x what it should have. I switched to regular paint thinner and a quick-dry medium thinner which worked well.
