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The Nativity: Getting There

12/18/2014

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So it has been a WHILE since my last post but I thought I would show my progress over the past month or so. I haven't been able to give this painting the attention I would like to, but I still seem to be plodding along. 
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First I had to build the canvas and then apply a thick layer of gesso
Then I traced my original drawing onto the gesso'ed canvas. This is the first time I've done it this way and I have to say I was pretty pleased with the result.
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After the image was traced onto the canvas, I washed it with thinned burnt umber and then painted in the mono-chromatic under-layer with burnt umber
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Here you can see some color now entering the scene. 
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Like how the Christmas tree and stockings are subtly in the background? Ironic much? It has actually been really cool getting to work on this during the season of Advent. I get to reflect on and wonder at the mystery of the Nativity for hours at a time. 
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