So far, in the "zoom in" series, I gave you a closer look at some of my larger oil paintings on canvas. They are usually pretty big and therefore often contain a lot of details, making them quite suitable for that.
Today I would like to present a work in graphite pencil on glass. When I finished the drawing back then and before I started the next step of coloring it, I actually scanned it in. Because of the size of 29x 100 cm it took several steps to do it and then combine all the individual scans into one large picture... only to split them up again now, to present some of the more interesting details...
Patience please, large files ahead!
The painting is about Dante's Divine Comedy and shows several parts of his "universe". The top part represents "Paradiso". Dante always talks about circles, that's why I chose them as a main element, even for Beatrice's hair.
The coat like element in the middle also works as the entrance to the underworld:
Finally we get to "Inferno" at the bottom
And finally as a whole again:
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All photos/scans by me of my own artwork done in my special technique as introduced in What is Hinterglas?
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You details are magical.
Her circular hair, before I read your description of Dante' inspiration, made me think they were like fractals like the magical element she is staring into (I always make a story first thing I see a piece of art)
And of course reading your inspiration of Dante only makes it all the more rich and interesting. This one is also ripe for fun play with digital colour ;)
Wonderful amazing detail, they say God is in the details, he must be on your shoulder when you are drawing.
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I absolutely love your stories. Always a real highlight. Haha interesting saying... in Germany we say, the devil is in the detail. But maybe that refers to a different context ;-)
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Love all your little details they make the piece so fun to keep looking at.
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Thank you very much, glad you are enjoying this :-)
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Amazing work. I think my favorite part is with the circle elements. The way you've tied them together are magical. Superb details and values. Love it!
Cheers,
Dm7
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Many thanks for your kind compliments. Glad you like it!
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Die DETAILS sind ja mal wieder HAMMER - sehr gut gelungen , Holla ... :-)
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Danke sehr, freut mich :-)
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haven't heard from you in ages, lol - now I found this on Peter's wall.
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shared: https://twitter.com/visionaryartcom/status/986243276004044800
I may have asked this already: are you using Stabilo Glass Marking pencils? I had some but that was long ago.
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Well... ahm... ok, I admit it... it was my bikes fault... and the good weather ;-)
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yeah, the weather will get even better. I will pry myself away from this devil machine and do something more constructive - got lots of work in the studio, but also need to rediscover the outdoors ....
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Great. I wish I had a metal band to order a cover artwork in this kind...
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Hope it would be a cover for a vinyl album then ;-)
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Of course for a vinyl album! ;) CD cover size is much to small for good artworks
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Another winner!
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Thank you! 😊
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Wow! Your attention to detail is top notch. Monochrome is my style too, I use pencils though. Seeing it done this perfectly with oils is something I can't comprehend. This is height of it!
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Thank you for the compliment. Looks like my text isn't really clear on this, but the drawing is in graphite pencil too. But I think one can work just as detailed in oil as well.
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Oh, I misread your opening line. Thanks for pointing that out.
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I love this... so I can't say more about it.
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And an artist can't ever get enough of that. Thank you 😊
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Fantastic! What an amazing artist you are. I wish I had your talent. I'm not so good at drawing so I try to get creative with photography instead. I have a long way to go yet and a lot of learning to do. I find it inspiring to see the work of talented artists like yourself. Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you so much, for your kind comment. I really appreciate your compliment. And remember, everyone has a talent for something and I'm sure you are good at something, that I can't even begin to dream about :-)
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Wonderful conception of Dante's inferno Reinhard! You never let any detail escape! It's even better knowing that you created this on glass.
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It was actually a very difficult job to start, but I really enjoyed making the drawing.
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I can see that you enjoyed the work, so much diversity in this piece.
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What about material? Oil?..
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Its... ahm... "hidden" in the text 😉
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Hey... Yes, I'm blind! In the first line of text...
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it happens ;-)
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I wanted to ask... Let's say... you have a girl's face in the picture. Did you invite a model or is it taken from a photograph?
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I worked with a model. I took some photos of her and as I worked on the drawing, they usually sit for me too.
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Ooh such an ideal painting bro!. Great artworks! Keep it up! Bravo!
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Thanks a lot, I'll try my best :-)
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You did it well bro! More than best,its very awesome!
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Very impressive!
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Thank you :-)
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Das ist ja geradezu erstaunlich! Bin wirklich platt.
Die Göttliche Komödie lese ich alle Jahre wieder und liebe die Bilder, die Dante in Worten zeichnet. Das ist ja eines dieser Meisterwerke für die Jahrhunderte.
Dein Bild werde ich aber in Ruhe betrachten, da es ja unheimlich viele Details gibt.
Jetzt werde ich dich followen :)
Noch einen schönen Tag
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I am subjugated. Especially the lower part with the skulls and the texture under. Very somber.
May I ask, how did you scan it with several parts? With an A4 scanner and then with homothety tool in PS? I bought an A3 scanner but somehow it seems its quality is not so great. And altough the homothety tool seems to work good, I'd rather avoid these "part scans".
Paying for pro big scale scans is out of price but sometimes necessary.
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