Painting a Caravaggio with historical pigments 

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Here is a simple demonstration of how you can paint your own Caravaggio.
This technique is not very complicated and good to learn. It it really important to let the colour dry completely between the steps. If you don´t wait, the surface will smear or crack and will give you problems. You also don´t get that intense colour if you do it wet in wet. For a painting like this it can take clearly 5-10 sessions to finish, if you do more details you will need surely more sessions..
The palette, you need for this, is simple too: Leadwhite, Dark Ochre, Siena Nature and Burnt, Vermillion, Burnt Umber, Van Dyck Brown, Bone Black and a little bit of Lead Tin Yellow for the gloriole. If you don´t use leadpigments you can also try to take Zincwhite and Cadmium.yellow.
My painting medium is linseed oil varnish. It is a modern variation of black oil, that used to be done by cooking lead pigments in oil. It takes only short time to dry and most times, you can go on with painting after 1-2 days. For the skin I mix a little bit of egg with the oil. Researchers have found protein in the skinparts of Caravaggios paintings, like it was done in tempera. The mixture I take is about 1 part egg to 2 parts linseed oil varnish. Mix the egg (whole egg) and give the oil into. First drop by drop while mixing and then slowly a little more. You will also need less medium and this oily egg will take about 2-4 days to dry.
For the glazings you will need very less colour. Take a little colour on your brush and rubb it off until it is almost dry before go into the painting. With the time you will get a better feeling of how much colour you need and how to handle.
I prefer natural hair brushes. My favourite is black sable hair. It is not too hard and not too soft, you can bring the colour on the canvas and blend it too. I take brushes from Da Vinci Series 1845. For the underpainting I used a harder bristle, it was Tintoretto Setola Extra. I use the series 285 and 294 for that.
The painting is done on a selfmade oilground. It´s easy to do if you have pigments and oil. I will explain this in another video.
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