vrijdag 27 april 2012

Shakespeare Details

Today I made it my mission get all of the loose parts of Shakespeare's London reading for painting as this is going to be quite the task.  I am very happy to say that I have just finished.  A lot of them took quite long as they have to be drawn small so I can later scan them into the computer to finish off the whole pictures.  There's not too much to say today really.  Some of them were ok as they were but I shall now show you the owns I fine-tuned today.

I started with the George Inn because I knew I had to put people in the Inn and I wasn't particularly looking forward to it.  I have a book at home on Tudor Clothing (and how to make them) so I used this as a reference.  Some may not all be from exactly the same time but it´s doesn´t need to really be that historically uccurate anyway, roundabouts is good enough.  I put Shakepseare in the corner sitting behind a table with his head back, hopefully he be laughing if I can manage it.  Opposite him sits a man calling to the bar maid for another beer.  Next to him sits a roll of parchment, could this possibly be one of Shakespeare´s acting troup?  The man in the back is hanging over the table looking pretty depressed, good to shove him in the corner so he looks even more alone and tragic.  The man at the round table is trying to greet the man coming in in a stiff manner but the man coming into the inn seems more interested in the bar maid.  Hopefully that will all become a bit more clear when coloured.  I drew it on an A5 so I can at least enlarge it to an A4 for painting. 


Next I did the First Folio Bust.  It's basically just a literal depiction of the bust.  Just as well I fixed it up though, the first one I sketched I realized was practically missing an arm.

Then I did the statue of Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey.  I changed the hand a bit so that it was pointing into the eyesocket more.  I am concidering to paint the figure as a real person in stead of a statue, or maybe even a statue turning into a real person, colour wise.  I say this as it is such a live-like sculpture and when I saw it, it really was like he was standing there himself.

Next was the Stain-Glass Window from Southwark Cathedral.  I started off by taking the Midsummer Night's Dream window and the Hamlet window and merging them together in photoshop.

I then drew the pencil sketch version.  It seems as though I drawn the donkey head on Bottom too big, although the one in the real window is quite large as well.  I'll see whether I need to fix it up or not.  This was also drawn on an A5 so I'll enlarge it to an A4 for painting so I don't drive myself insane, well more insane :p, I can do the face and hair then as well, hopefully.





The final major sketch today was the Shakespeare portrait which is positioned next to the Globe in the whole image.  I went for the kind of ruggid pirate look to make him look a bit more dishy than the usual weedy balding bloak you see in pictures.  I thought the earring was a nice added touch as a fashion of the time.  I saw a gold ring in a different painting but I thought the pearl drop was better in this case.  I can finish off the final details in it when it is painted, such as hair, shading, clothing patterns etc.  Might need to fix the eyes a little bit, slightly off.


The other pictures only had minor changes so I'll just leave those out here. 


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