LOST BOY - MAKING OF
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0.000 HBDLOST BOY - MAKING OF
**The Lost Boy**, my latest acrylic painting, was inspired by a poem with the same title, written by Reham Yeshar. <center></center>  <center>*Beware of the lost hearts, They tend to leave broken pieces behind Beware of the wavering minds They cling so loosely to our hands*</center> <center>*We are fooled by boys who wear the skin of men Who let their pride speak while their desire is silenced Who think their scars are a story of failure and weakness Who own a tongue drenched in lies*</center> <center>*A journey I will not share, regardless if I care You will not find yourself in me, And you will not break me as you look for yourself*</center>  First, I made a sketch using wax coloured pencils and the following day I moved on to the canvas. The canvas was already primed, thus I did not have to apply any primer or gesso on it. This was a 16" by 20" canvas. <center></center> I had to draw once more the Lost Boy and his two god mothers along with the checkered background and some other details. <center></center> I used a raw burnt sienna and a watercolour brush with a small tip to colour the outlines. <center></center> I applied the first layer of colour with the palette knife for one of the god mothers. Note that I selected a dark colour to create more natural looking shades later on. <center></center> The boy's face and the second godmother received an initial coat of primary yellow which was applied also with a palette knife. At the moment I was looking for a smooth surface. Later on, I added a slight texture with palette knife. <center></center> I used two complimentary colours, yellow and violet for the boy's hat. <center></center> The checkered background was coloured using micaceous black and titanium white. You can see that the brush strokes are vertical. <center></center> I repeated the process three times to ensure all the squares are fully covered with paint and have a nice depth. I did not want to have a simple black, but a nice greyish tone. <center></center> The stripes applied on the face are supposed to enhance the following layers of paint. On the left side of boy's face, I added some stripes: a layer of gold followed by another one of micaceous black. <center></center> The two profiles were covered in another layer of paint (raw sienna, titanium white and red mixture for subtle skin tones) using a dabbing sponge. Next, I covered the orange on the hat with a darker shade of red. <center></center> Although in my sketch I had used different colors for the boy's face, I decided to go with more vivid ones. I wanted something that draws more attention to the face. Therefore, I thought a smooth transition from yellow to orange and from green to blue would do the trick. <center></center> At last, I move to the last details: the nostrils, the girls in the bulb, tracing the outlines and correcting small mistakes. Let's have another look at the final result! 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