It's been quite some time I haven't posted anything in my blog.But I know that is quite normal given my style in painting which demands quite a lot of time.
But here I am anyway,looking forward to sharing with you the step-by-step of a painting I'm currently working on.
The idea..the theme of this painting has been haunting me even while I was working on my last painting...something with a lot of mood..a lot of drama..something that takes my painting skills (I'm still learning..just beginning to learn seriously I'd say!) to another level.
I wanted it moody..dramatic..and I wanted it in the style of Old Masters..I've been doing countless hours of research in this sense..
So I reached for my pencil and decided to start with a cartoon (not quite the meaning that first comes to mind!).A cartoon is a detailed drawing on paper of the same size of the canvas it is going to be transferred to.Something commonly practised by old masters. Rembrandt did cartoons even for his six feet large paintings!
After about three weeks of working on the cartoon,this is the final result :
75 x 50 cm
If any of you has ever been to Morocco,then they probably know what a "kasbah" is.For those who haven't,a kasbah is a fortified building for which the south of Morocco,especially Ouarzazate,is famous for.
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