I am officially about to begin painting, and I have to say, I'm quite ecstatic! It's been a few weeks (believe it or not) since I've so much as touched my airbrush, and I'm really happy to pick it up again. I have the reference photographed, edited in photoshop, additional references photographed, and I have completed the grid and drawing on the canvas, which I have also coated and smoothed. And just today I finished mixing most of my paints. Gotta say, this feels good...
Although I have not settled on a title, I have some ideas in mind. I will not finalize my decision until I have completed the painting, but the one I'm thinking right now is "The Ignorance of the Professionals". Since I am re-appropriating Caravaggio's "The Incredulity of St. Thomas", I figured using a title of similar likeness would be in good nature. However, I would like to put my own variation on the Biblical verse illustrated in that scene somewhere too. I've even considered giving the painting a ridiculously lavished frame (much like classical works) and put a brass plaque on the bottom part of it that has inscribed, "Blessed are they who do not suffer, and yet have compassion." ....something of that sort.
This is a project I have been thinking about for a long time, and I truly hope it comes out the way I envision it. I can't wait to see it completed and on display!
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