The History of the Kingdom of The West
Scrolls

Portrait

Photo and Contribution
by Tatiana Nikolaevna Tumanova

"The rest of the under robe was painted, along with the sash. Shell gold was used to make the line of buttons down the front of the garment. The parti-colored outer robe was painted in next using predominately Yellow Ochre (darkened with violet and lightened with white) for the "gold" parts. The red parts were trickier to do, as red cannot be lightened with white without turning it pink. The red around the highlighted folds was actually an orange-red, as this can be lightened up with white without introducing a pink tone. Away from the highlights, the orange-red was darkened with the addition of more Spectrum Red, then Alizarin Crimson, and in the very darkest parts, just a touch of green. Shell Gold, edged with black, was laid down for the metallic trim bordering the robe's opening. A tiny sliver of white was painted along the edges that would have caught the flash from the lightning bolt behind the figure.

"Once the robe was completely painted, the rest of the hair was painted in to complete the figure. Next the wooden table was rendered, using Burnt Umber and then darkening it up to make the wood grain. The heraldic tablecloth came next. This was painted in Spectrum Yellow, darkened with Violet. There is no unadulterated yellow in the table cloth, not even in the lightest area being lit up by the lightning flash. Once the background color was laid down, with appropriate shadows to make the dips and folds in the cloth, the diapering pattern was applied by using Yellow Ochre. This was also lightened or darkened to follow the shadows and highlights on the "folds" of the cloth. The words of the motto (Credis Quod Habes Et Habes) were painted in straight yellow on the top edge of the table; with a darkened yellow below the table top. The red border was painted, carefully going around the yellow letters, and then the red border on Arms. The motto letters were touched up where needed, then the natural panther's head was painted in.

"The sword was painted last and was the hardest part of the operation due to the reflective nature of the blade. there is a lot of subtle color in the "grays" of the blade which don't show in this photo. The hilt came last.

"With the miniature complete, the surrounding letter "O" was painted with straight Lamp Black." -- Tatiana Nikolaevna Tumanova

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