On the Easel - Step by Step Painting a Mini Mona Lisa in Acrylic in a Day - a.k.a. I'm no Da Vinci
I thought it might be fun to tackle a few "master" artist works from throughout history as my mini trompe l'oeil works, so here is my first - a torn image of the Mona Lisa, attached with masking tape. I printed my model from my computer, pulling it from Wiki Images, which can be a great resource for good resolution, public domain works.
Below are some of the progression images of the painting. I found that using lots of thin glazes really helped me in achieving a better representation of the colors. Although lacking the luminosity of the real Mona Lisa of course, it's not bad for a super-small version and about 7 hours of work. Thanks for looking!
I tweaked quite a bit between the above photo and the one below. The shape of her hair and face were adjusted very slightly, as I found that it was too wide in the version above. I also applied some very light glazes of various colors mixed with a tinge of white to soften the overall piece.
