First Layer Of Color

Portrait Will Be Rendered In Art Nouveau Style

“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.” ― Francis Bacon,

I'm working with watercolor and gouache, ink lines will be added later in the style of Alphonse Mucha like the self portrait linked below. I usually work in the layers, base color, shadows and details, highlights and corrections. I don't want to follow the color of the painting and I will be adding additional designs to this painting that are not part of the original painting I am copying.

I post work in progress because each layer I add is like a painting in itself. I could just leave the painting as is and call it modern art! Also I want to show proof of work and how a painting progresses. There is a lot of work that goes into making pieces like this. Painting is like writing a story, there is a lot of work involved.

Lawyer, Academic, Scientist (1561–1626)

18 x 24 , Watercolor Paper, and Pencil

Half-length portrait of Francis Bacon as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England (1617) – oil on panel by Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569–1622).

A sketch for a watercolor portrait of Lord Francis Bacon, the father of the scientific method. At the request of @frankbacon.

Who Was Francis Bacon?

Francis Bacon was born on January 22, 1561 in London, England. Bacon served as attorney general and Lord Chancellor of England, resigning amid charges of corruption. His more valuable work was philosophical. Bacon took up Aristotelian ideas, arguing for an empirical, inductive approach, known as the scientific method, which is the foundation of modern scientific inquiry.

The Portrait will be rendered in Alphonse Mucha style!

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