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letmeinimafairy · 3 months
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The making of painted stones
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Well, a few times I was asked to show the process of miniature paintings on stones, and here is my first attempt to capture and explain it. Warning - I only have my phone's camera at my disposal, so the quality is not very good.
Firstly - an idea for the image. Every stone has something in its pattern that can be a starting point for developing an imagery. The stone I picked for this one is a beautiful Picasso jasper, and in this case I was looking for a stone for a specific idea I've already had in mind. Spontaneous improvisation dictated by the stone's pattern is also great but I decided to pick something more definitive for better illustrating the process.
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This jasper's pattern already has outlines that can be developed into a landscape without painting it over too much. I don't like it when stones are just mindlessly covered by slapping a random image on it, ignoring the colours, textures and patterns.
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Here's the idea - ruins of an amphitheatre overgrown with red gladioluses. I know, I know, but I'm very interested in the initial mystical sacrificial background of gladiators. So here it is, arena covered in red, swords in the sand, but it's finally quiet.
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Before we start, a stone must be varnished - minerals are porous, and lacquer smoothes its surface. I paint with tempera - most artists who work in lacquer miniatures use oils, but tempera allows quicker process, which is important for me. I'm autistic and my executive dysfunction makes working with oils difficult - my sudden bursts of activity won't match with drying timings and such. So, tempera for me.
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Starting with sketching the outlines of the ruins and painting our light source, the sun and red clouds. I'm trying to work with a palette that the stone already has and make the painting as harmonious as possible.
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Erasing auxiliary lines as we continue.
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Done with the first layer - the walls and the sky. After the paint dries, I apply varnish (I use Novol clearcoat, car varnish - it's very durable). There can be as many layers as you need.
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Now - the flowers and details.
After the painting is finished, it'll need several layers of varnish. And some fine sandpaper (1500) in-between the finishing layers for better grip.
And here it is! time to think abou a necklace for this one.
I'm not sure how useful I can be and what aspects you would like to know, so feel free to ask. I'm not sure I can make a good enough video with my current phone, so this'll have to wait. I tried to skip all the musings about ideas and finding stories, but whatever. And the time needed for work - I don't know. There was a month-long pause in the making of this one, due to a couple of emergencies that knocked me down for some time, and it's not easy for me in general due to my mental state - sometimes I can make a painting in two days, sometimes it takes years, nothing is certain with me, especially now. But well, here's what I do.
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tylerposey · 1 month
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MATT MORSIA (Gladiator's Legend) — via Instagram
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ohmandy56 · 7 months
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Pics at the park 🩷👣
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illustratus · 28 days
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The Death of Spartacus by Hermann Vogel
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manganiello · 2 months
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MATT MORSIA
aka Legend from BBC One's Gladiators
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ancientcharm · 6 months
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A display at the Colosseum, Gladiators - is a display of replica gladiatorial weapons, dress and armour made authentically according to nine years of historical research by Silvano Mattesini, a trained architect and expert in ancient Roman military dress. The first documented gladiatorial spectacle in Rome was in 264 B.C. when the two sons of Brutus Pera held the event in honour of their deceased father.
Photos and text by Dennis Jarvis
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memories-of-ancients · 3 months
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Oil lamp with gladiators, Roman, 1st-4th century AD
from The J. Paul Getty Museum
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shirtlessmoviestv · 6 months
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Spartacus Blood and Sand
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the-evil-clergyman · 1 year
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Pollice Verso by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1872)
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wamleather · 2 months
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Bionic from Gladiators gunged
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spacehippieface · 1 month
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Gladiators (2024-) + tumblr textposts
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boysboysboysss · 2 months
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The new season of Galdiators on BBC is very nice viewing
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tylerposey · 1 month
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MATT MORSIA (Gladiator's Legend) — via Instagram
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reniadeb · 2 months
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💪🏾@reniadeb💪🏾
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illustratus · 6 months
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stra-tek · 2 months
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Gladiators is gonna get so huge, guys
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