MMP Series #4 - Da Vinci's - Mona's Hands - SOLD

6x6 acrylic on stretched canvas

image wraps on 1-1/2 inch sides
SOLD

Mona's Hands, as I have subtitled this, is my next mini masterpiece. The artist, this time, is Leonardo Da Vinci. The subject - the Mona Lisa. I dared not attempt to do the Mona Lisa in full! But her hands, that I thought I would challenge myself with.

Firstly, I have to say, Leonardo was the king of "lost edges." I have painted with them before, but never like this! Soft edges everywhere, nothing hard except for a few distinct lines between the hands & in the clothing. This took a bit of getting use to - I am use to definitive, hard edges.

Secondly, his color palette! I know that he mixed his own colors (and probably quite toxic in his day), but the dark, rich earth colors were a bit of a challenge to create. 

While working on this, I did a bit of research into the Mona Lisa painting and found some historians who wrote that the original colors for this painting were quite vibrant. Here are a few links if you're interested in reaching further:

http://www.lumiere-technology.com/Pages/News/news3.htm

http://digitalphotoalchemy.com/mona-lisa-in-original-colors/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculations_about_Mona_Lisa

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