Duplicitous Dionara and Devious Diandra
This is my finished painting “Duplicitous Dionara and Devious Diandra”. It is 11 x 14 inches, oil on wood panel.
Duplicitous Dionara and Devious Diandra
Duplicitous Dionara and Devious Diandra (detail)
For this one I used a monochromatic underpainting / dead layer which I later glazed over in color. Here are the work-in-progress posts I did which include some photos of the dead layer: Duplicitous WIP posts
I spent about 30 hours painting this over about 8 months. I’m not sure how much time I spent doing studies and planning but I would guess 10-15 hours. That’s more than I usually spend planning…it helped me to avoid having to change stuff in the middle of the project.
Overall I spent the most time on the hair. When I first started this project it was supposed to be a quick one…I ended up making the hair complicated though and spent a rather long time on the faces too, so the project ended up being much longer and more complicated than I had expected.
Here are the main oil colors I used for this painting:
Underpainting of flesh areas: Raw umber and titanium white
Flesh tones – glazed and opaque color: Yellow ochre, cadmium red hue, titanium white, raw umber, burnt umber
Dress: Titanium white, phthalo blue, raw umber
Here are a some of the preparatory drawings I did for the hair and dress as well as a detail of the main drawing:
Hair studies for Duplicitous
Dress studies for Duplicitous
"Duplicitous" sketch
I don’t look on the studies as being just useful for this painting since they help me increase my drawing skills in general. On the hair I also wanted to learn how to do ringlets and curls better and I’m sure I will use that style in other works.
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The details are very important but once we start working, we’ll never know how much time will take to finish each of them or the whole art work. All that counts in the end, is your art and what you feel about it. Thanks for shearing.