Recently I recorded a tv-show in where they explained Eugène Delacroix's painting 'La liberte guidant le peuple'. It was really interesting, especially about how some of the death bodies in the painting were copied from an other painting. I'm always surprised at hearing how much the old masters copied eachother! I guess it's quite logical since they didn't have the endless stock resources like we have today on the net or a digital camera!
I was quite lucky to have an art book about classical romantic paintings, and not only did it have a picture of the 'liberte' it also had an enlarged detail of the painting. Score! I used that as reference to copy the profile of the woman in the painting.
And I'm quite happy with the result! It took 2 sessions to paint it. The colours turned out real nice, I tried following the palette of the old painting but drifted away from it in the second layer. Though it's the brush strokes and the texture which are the best bit for me.
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