Speed Painting of Leonardo Da Vinci's the Mona Lisa in Oil Paints with Sfumato in Alla Prima

My blog Oil Painting Medic: http://rachel-shirley.blogspot.co.uk/ See 2nd glaze of this painting:http://youtu.be/e-beOsb_q0A This painting of the Mona Lisa, originally by Leonardo Da Vinci was completed within an hour in alla prima. This portrait demonstration film has been speeded up. The art materials used were titanium white, Naples yellow, cadmium yellow, burnt sienna, burnt umber, pthalo blue and permanent rose. The sketch was applied onto panel primed with acrylic gesso. Soft sable rounds nos. 1, 3 and 6 were used as well as a medium bristle for the background. The underdrawing was overlaid with thinned burnt umber acrylic from a fine sable. The drawing was then overlaid with two coats of underglaze which comprised burnt umber acrylic paint from a soft brush. This killed the whiteness of the art board, enabling highlights to become more obvious during the painting. I began with the pales colours, which comprised Naples yellow and a little white. For extra richness, I added a little burnt sienna and cadmium yellow. The mid-tones consisted of burnt sienna, burnt umber and a little white. Pthalo blue and permanent rose was added for depth to tone. Notice the facial features vanish into the shadow of the hair. This sfumato effect is one of the painting modes of the Renaissance period. The background was sketched in with a medium bristle. The sky consisted of pthalo blue, a little burnt umber with varying amounts of white. The landscape was expressed with additional burnt umber. My blog: Oil Painting Medic http://rachel-shirley.blogspot.co.uk You can easily find my art instruction books on Amazon. Just look up Rachel Shirley.