Here I am painting in oil the Salvator Mundi of Leonardo Da Vinci and sharing my thoughts and tips. For the full lesson and much more find me at / paintingthelight
There's a Japanese painter/illustrator called Ayami Kojima that uses this technique, but with acrylics instead. Basically she does a grisaille drawing using Conte paris' carrés, and accentuates the shadows with Indian ink. Then she applies thin layers of acrylic paint diluted with gloss medium on top. I think I read somewhere that she was inspired by the Renaissance painters and more specifically Da Vinci, and if you look at her paintings she does get that fog effect nailed down.
You know that this isn’t a DaVinci painting right? The Saudi prince won’t even let anyone see it anymore because it deemed not authentic by the Louvre.
I was literally just thinking about sfumato yesterday and wondering about youtube videos to show me the technique. eerie. thanks so much for this quick demo.
Αγαπημένε Δάσκαλε, καλά Χριστούγεννα με υγεία και αγάπη! Σε ευχαριστούμε για την προσφορά της γνώσης που απλόχερα μοιράζεις! Ο Κύριος να σε προστατεύει 🙏🙏🙏
This is a copy of a restored work and therefore it is also a copy of the restoration work, like the open mouth, the bloody tip of the nose and the eyes are different...Another aspect is that your copy is good, but for Leonardo’s level the level your acheved is still at the level of the “dead layer”; So now you need living tones of the finest shades to go further to proceed
Your painting skills are, of course, amazing and indeed, that sfumato creates a beautiful Leonardoesque effect. I just wish you had chosen the original Salvator Mundi and not the Modestini homunculus visual.
Absolutely incredible!! Just a question how much time does the egg tempera layer has to dry before you apply oil? I have heard that you should wait months before you start painting with oil to let the egg to cure.
I don't think any of the old masters who applied first layer in tempera (being it glue or egg tempera) ever waited months. The very idea of starting with tempera is to expediate things. I think it's important that all the water in the tempera paint evaporates before turning to oil. So a 24-42hours (depending on weather conditions) would be enough.
Dear Antonis, thank you for your videos. I have question. 7:55 When you say thin layer of oil - you mean using oil colour with a drop of terpentine make the thinner, not so denser. Right?
you nailed it... well captured. Beautiful soft portrait.... It's like Leonardo took over at some point. Amazing work and perseverance... you've become water my friend.
I see no reason for the overly complicated and even badly drawn scruffy underdrawing, which all gets totally painted over later. Incidentally, I never accepted that the original source painting is actually by Leonardo. In my opinion, the latest buyer has been "hoo-doo'd" bigtime!
I also think it can't be Leonardo's work. Maybe it's from his studio. In my opinion the drawing is just not up to his standards (that or the restoration turned it super wonky) and composition-wise while I can't rule it out I don't think we have evidence of Leonardo just executing an established image formula like that - plus he really like a rotated, graceful head pose compared to a static one like this. Christ in his Last Supper is not en face, and he could be.
