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| 020 HM Queen Elizabeth II |
Artist's Notes: I can still see areas around the chin area that don't look correct to me but I have chosen to leave as it is. I could quite easily 'do too much' now and ruin the good work I have done.
Here's how I did it
Her Majesty had started out as a New Challenge for me. Painting a Famous Public Figure. You can't get much more famous than Queen Elizabeth II.
First of all I printed out the picture I want to paint on a sheet of A4 paper.
I then prepared my 8"x 8" Canvas panel by taping it (using Masking Tape) to a larger board so I can handle it easier without messing up the 8"x 8" canvas with fingerprints and smudges. After this I painted a background.
In the original photo, her Majesty has greenery behind her so I used lots of Sap Green and daubs of Naples Yellow here and there, stabbing at the canvas rather than stroking it.
The next step was to cut her Majesty out of the printout. I actually put it against a window and drew around it which was quite un-necessary and could've just as easily cut out that original, duh!
Anyway, I then drew around the figure so that I had the basic outline. I then drew the rest in free hand.
It is quite faint in this picture but you can see the pencil lines in this photo. Once I had the basic shapes down on the canvas it was just a case of colouring it in.
At the end of today this is how far I have got. I have used various yellows for the Queens attire. This is really pretty good so far. I am really very pleased with how it is progressing.
But for me the challenge will be the next bit. When I study a photo of someone I see the face as irregular blocks of different colours. The colours may only differ very slightly in another shade but at 2 metres away it looks completely realistic.
The trick is to get the right 'colour', the right 'shapes', and then getting them to 'blend'. Not Easy!
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