IDENTICAL

My Santa Fe gallery called with an unusual commission request. My new collector wanted me to repaint a piece of mine that the gallery had already sold. Now, that has happened quite a few times over my career. BUT, the unusual part was they wanted it to be IDENTICAL to the original piece. I told Kristen, the owner, that I couldn’t possibly duplicate the painting, brush stroke for brush stroke. The painting would not be IDENTICAL to the original but would be the same layout, have the same placement of elements and same flower colors. Receiving the client’s GO AHEAD I enlarge the original image to the exact size it will be painted. Then it’s printed on 4 different 8 1/2 x 11 inch pages which I tape together.

Please remember, you may click on any of the images to see enlargements.

Using a 6B carbon pencil, I begin scribbling all over the back of the printed out pages.

I make sure to cover the entire surface. This will be my ‘Carbon Paper’ to transfer the image to my canvas.

The printed out image is taped to the canvas, carbon side down. A T-Square is used to make sure the upright lintel posts on the porch are perfectly straight.

A ball point pen is used to trace over the printed image, transferring the composition to the blank canvas.

The paper is lifted occasionally, making certain I haven’t missed any details.

The canvas with the transferred drawing is now placed up on my easel. We’re ready to begin painting in our next session, hope you’ll come watch.

I’d like to invite you to subscribe to my blog, you’ll receive an email every time I publish a new post. CLICK THIS LINK and scroll to the upper right side of the page. You will see a heading EMAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS. Just click the button “Sign me up!”  It’s easy. Please keep in mind, to move through the blog when you get the posts, just CLICK on the small titles at the top of the page. The one on the right for the next post or the title on the left side for the previous session.

I appreciate you subscribing to my blog! With Big Hugs,

ALL SENKARIK IMAGES ARE PROTECTED UNDER INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW

© Senkarik 2022

www.senkarik.com