were used to make this piece. I used photos and newsprint from 3 books, womens magazines, and entertainment magazines. Sophia was the IT woman back in the day starring in many pictures as a sex symbol.
As you can see included in the photo montage are some images of her when she was very young and even a photo of her at her first communion.
It is glazed with triple deck by art deco. On other large pieces I have used famowood glazecoat but its far too toxic and messy, I highly recommend this product which you can buy on ebay or amazon, I haven’t seen it art supply stores. You just spread it on, I used a polyester brush, and it dries within 1 hour. Very nice and gives photos that super glossy look you might see in a magazine.
Again this piece took some time as I first drew the caricature in charcoal and then added the circles one at a time until I felt I captured her.
Nearly 5,000 circles were used, to be exact 4,950!
Long live Sophia Loren and it was a pleasure to learn more about her. I always thought she was born overseas but she was born in Chicago. The newsprint for the background are all from magazine or books about her!
Keep creating!
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Jason Ridgway Said:
on September 2, 2011 at 5:02 pm
This is great Dan. Detail is something you clearly understand. Gonna read up on her now.