Marble Glory (Patreon)

I posted a work in progress of this piece, and if you follow me on Twitter  you've seen numerous postings as I went through this piece step by  step. Well here it is finished and ready to ship to my patron/client Sylvan Ryan who has banked many, many of his $50.00 month pledges to make this piece possible.

    The piece was an interesting challenge in many ways.

    First I haven't done many finished colored examples of marble sculpture so I had to do a bit of homework first.

     Second the piece could've been rather dull with all the light colored  stonework in the piece, so I deliberately chose an early morning  setting to give some more vibrant reflective colors.

    Third  Marble Vein the mare resting on plinth is almost marble white herself,  but I didn't want her to be mistaken for one of statues in the piece. I  did that subtly adjusting the shadows and highlights on her to give them  a softer edge. 

    Fourth I needed enough room to render some of the details in the piece, but at the same time I didn't want the  piece to be gigantic, so I had to strike a balance in it. The final  image size was 11.25"H x 23.25"W. Still I ended up working in some  fairly small areas. Example, the landscape painting behind Marble Vein  is only 1.75"H x 2.75"W.

    The piece is in my typical colored pencil with marker pen, technical pen, and white gouache details. The  working surface is Strathmore 500 Series 2ply Vellum finish Bristol  Board.