This portrait of the King Henry VIII was copied from the original picture with a pencil on a white sheet, then it was colored and completed with mixed media using acrylic paint, colored pencils, collage by magazine pages. It framed in a corrugated cardboard frame, colored with acrylic colours.
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| draw your character with a pencil and color the face with colored pencils |
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| paint the background with acrylic colors |
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| paint other largest areas with acrylics |
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| cut some similar colors from magazine’s pages |
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| use collage from the most precious parts (gold, metal, jewelery…) |
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| the armor is filled with iron-silver-grey textures |
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| draw the frame on a corrugate cardboard |
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| paint the frame with acrylic colors, mixing yellow and ocher |
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| the frame is ready! |
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| paste the drawing on a corrugate cardboard |
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| here our ancient portrait! |













Che bel blog! Beautiful
Ciao Giorgia, piacere di conoscerti! vado subito a visitare il tuo blog! Grazie del commento e a presto!!