Jezebel

[laika]

Egg tempera on 5x5 hardboard panel. From photo by KreativeK. Needs a bit of shadow to anchor her hamper/bed.

 

[snoball]

Well done.

 

[Donna T]

Jezebel looks completely relaxed. This is so nice! I agree that a little shadow wouldn't hurt. Do you do any kind of underpainting for tempera paintings? I don't know much about it.

 

[Artyczar]

Love this! Something about the way you did the textures in her fur and the line work of the basket. It's a super cool piece!

 

[Lazarus]

beautiful staring.

 

[laika]

Thanks for the encouraging words, snoball, Donna T, Arty, Lazarus.

Do you do any kind of underpainting for tempera paintings?

Not necessarily. Some iconographers paint/write from dark to light in layers, so I guess that the bottom layer (proplasmos) could be considered an underpainting, especially on the flesh areas. I'm aghast every time I see that dark proplasmos color get slopped on over a detailed drawing of facial features

 

[Trier]

Wonderful painting.

 

[Terri]

This is beautiful, Lamar! I love the brushwork here, these long lovely lines. So stylized! Those blue eyes are hypnotic.

Jezebel is one cool cat! ❤

 

[laika]

Thanks so much for looking and commenting, Trier and Terri!

 

[Charlie’s Mum (Maureen)]

An innocent look belies those claws!
I rather like this … never used the medium but maybe should try it! Are mistakes difficult to deal with?

 

[laika]

An innocent look belies those claws!
I rather like this … never used the medium but maybe should try it! Are mistakes difficult to deal with?

Thank you, Maureen! I'm pretty sure that those are out in the original photo.

A recent mistake could be rewetted and lifted, but care would have to be taken not to lift more than the mistake. A mistake that was dried and set could be scratched out with a fine blade and/or sanded. Egg tempera dries to the touch very quickly, but it's somewhat fragile until it really dries.

 

[Charlie’s Mum (Maureen)]

Thanks for the info Lamar.

 

[laika]

Thanks for the info Lamar.

You are very welcome! It's always a pleasure to interact with you

 

[Charlie’s Mum (Maureen)]

You are very welcome! It's always a pleasure to interact with you

Haha! It’s nice to have friends!

 

[KreativeK]

That's her! My sweet Jezebel, and she looks so sweet in her little round comfy bed. A great job, Lamar!