He's finished!I put the finishing touches on him this morning and he's ready for the auction block come August. I can not tell you how excited I am for this show and how much this will mean to our project this year and the future of the APG.
He's painted in my traditional manner of oils over acrylics...
I tried to capture the essence of a soldier during the Vicksburg Campaign in 1863. I weathered his pants with a mixture of earth tones and ochre's; I feathered into the blue base color while both were wet.
The blue jacket is a mixture of Indigo and a touch of Prussian Blue; highlights were achieved by adding Misty Blue to the base mix. I shaded with a touch of ivory black and purple to the base mix. The light blue pants were mixed using Cerulean Blue and Misty Blue with just a touch of grey to cut the blue tone. I added Titanium White to the base color for the highlights and for the shadows, added just a touch of Prussian Blue to base color.
