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Last night's effort is the first in my new hand-book journal.  It is a different size than I've been working in since January.  It is 8/25" x 8.25" plus the paper weight is different.  This one has 95 lb.. sheets.  The last journal had thin paper.

This piece is based on a painting titled 'La Vierge a la rose' by Lorenzo Veneziano dated 1372.  It is a Madonna and Child painting, but I elected to do only the Madonna portion.  

The image was sketched with mechanical pencil (HB core) and painted with Japanese watercolors and gold acrylic paint.  Additional embellishments having been added with white Uni-Ball Signo pen and a black Pentel PointLiner pen (0.3mm).

I'm liking the head tilt (that is accurate) and the facial features except for one thing.  There is an area that could be corrected... on the right side and below the ear at the neck bend.  It needs more hair to cover that junction in order to look like the source image.  Other than that, I also like the way the face has been painted in with watercolors.  This is a first for doing an entire face in watercolor, and it works.  

As for the halo, there is a problem in continuity at the bottom around the neck.  In looking at the reference photo, that was also a problem for the artist at his time.  He didn't carry the halo outline around the face fully (including the neck).  The reference image has been added for comparison.  

There is more embellishment that could be added, but I'm calling this effort done for now.




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