new painting

so i started this new painting on a whim cause i liked the shadows in the picture and the exposure seemed to fit well with something id like to convey.  Its a pic of one of my sister school photos. Ive worked up an under-drawing on a grey gesso ground.  From there i layed down some browns and yellows . Then another layer of  of that on top with reds and burnt sienna. This picture is of the last layer i just put down starting to work in some flesh tones, and further darkening and glazing in the darkest areas. Picture quality is horrible.

been a little over a month now.....

sorry bout the camera phone, but you get that its not that shitty of a painting anymore

X-mass production

Here is some more work on the da vinci copy.  I also updated wwww.johnbertolone.com with a whole new layout!

hanging around the Culver's house on x-maz

Its allways interesting hanging out at my girlfriend, Veronica's, parent's house. There is a ton of art from various family members.  Here is a beautiful oil painting by Veronica's Aunt Suzanne:

stage 1 underdreawing code name alpha. complete

i finaly have the underdrawing completed and am working up glazes of pigment. here ws we got gia camera phone:

albrecht durer copy

mine:

durer original

i could probably put more work into this but meh.  I did this at work, praying not to receive a tech support call from a person who doesnt know where their delete key is.

p.s. tis the season to copy

da vinci copy

A few days ago i started working on this da vinci copy.  still in the process of putting down the under drawing.

original: