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Sketch of Bouguereau

Madonna of the Lilies study

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Mother of Good Counsel

oil painting detail

Mother of Good Counsel
Mother of Good Counsel
Mother of Good Counsel
Mother of Good Counsel
Mother of Good Counsel
Mother of Good Counsel
Mother of Good Counsel
Detail of oil painting

Madonna & Child detail - I actually started by painting the flesh tones with my fingers - you can see my fingerprints on the surface.

Study of Bernadino Luini's work
Detail of oil painting study of Luini

Close-up oil painting study of Luini's Madonna

Initial layer of Madonna & Child

Initial oil paint layer of Madonna & Child (the ground I mixed was too absorbent at first and soaked in the paint at first...)

Early stages of painting

Early stage of painting layers of Madonna & Child with an all-too absorbent ground

Detail of painting background

Detail of oil painting the damask background

original drawing

original drawing onto panel for oil painting Our Lady of Knock

Early stages of ordination card

Early stage of my painting for Conan's ordination card

Detail of damask pattern

Detail of damask pattern

Process of drawing

Painstaking process of copying my cartoon onto panel

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