latest version

 

Here's a semi wraparound view  of the painting as is is now.

 

A bit of idea of where Brian will  be

 

 Ross, Hilary and John etc.

 The Mission will closed for a few weeks, and I'll try to get a most of the rest done over that period. I lost the camera while carousing last night(but luckily the laptop came back), so there may not be too many photos until I can find another

end of week 21062013

 

 

 

 

Mirror panels mostly composed, Next week I'll start on the volunteers panelm and come back to these later

far-north mirror panel - 20 June

Last of the mirror panels. All need more people. I paint as many in tomorrow as I can, leaving any remaining missing figures for the finishing phase, and then start the volunteer panel

And again

 

mid-north

mid-south

mirror panel update

 

 The 'far south panel with most of its figures

The mid-north panel with the first couple of characters. I've done more but the light was to far gone to take photographs.

This is underpainting, I'll paint fleshtones etc when all the panels are fully composed, including the 1.4x2.4 'volunteer kitchen', which has not yet been started (argghh!?!)

14 June - another week

 

 ground and some of the figures in the first of the 'mirror' panels at the base of the main image

 I've put in grounds for the other 3 of these, but I'll wait for figures before adding any images

 

A few more figures in the 'people's corner' panel. Once I have all the faces I can fit in place in, I'll make a schematic to help everyone find themselves, though hopefully most will be pretty easy to tell after some retouching

People's corner closeup

 

 The figures so far in the first side panel. This the underpainting, there's still a layer or two to add, especially on the fleshtones and clothes

Happy Pappy, who said "Do whatever you like, just don't paint me as the devil (with little horns)".

You may be able to see him sketchily rendered in the panel above. More pencil sketches of some of the figures here

Pappy first pointed me in the direction of this project. Thanks for that

End of the week: Friday 7 May

 

main panel

Geit Jing sitting on the steps

side panel with more figures roughed in

more figures in the people's corner

 

I might have to be less 'realistic' to fit everyone I want to in. There are drawings of some of the other figures that might go in here

People's corner: first figures and mock-up

beginnings of the figure composition for the first side panel, a couple of figures blocked in