Resurrection of a Painting – Part Three

January 15, 2012 Uncategorized Comments (3) 733

After deciding upon an image (see part two) and collecting reference I began the drawing for the final painting. I started with a harmonic armature within which I placed the figure and other elements. An armatures can help to create order amongst the various various elements and to the whole:

After transferring this to the canvas the wash drawing was begun:

The reference came from many different places. I took photos of my friend and student Juan Pablo:
Drew Struzen’s Star Wars posters have wonderful renderings of light effects. They really are a modern interpretation of halos.  Illustrator Mike Sass uses similar effects on his art for the Star Wars game Knights of the Old Republic:

For sky, drapery and flag I looked to Titian:
I found this image of a lake in Alberta and used it as a source for the rocks at front:

For the clouds, Cagnacci’s Assumption of Mary Magdalene:

The broken gates I borrowed from Casper David Friedrich:

The cross comes from San Filipo Neri church in Florence:

And the Hubble space telescope provided the cosmos:

Mix it all up and shake real hard:

Anastasis 
The final painting is now in the private collection of His Eminence Mauro Cardinal Piacenza in Vatican City.

3 Responses to :
Resurrection of a Painting – Part Three

  1. Carnivore says:

    Awesome, man!

  2. Anonymous says:

    Ama la tua pittura. E 'un capolavoro, Maestro Martinho.
    Mi piace il blog, molto istruttiva. Si prega di tenere blogging.
    Sei veramente un artista straordinario e un grande maestro.
    Dio vi benedica!

    – SL

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