Oil and pencils - Updated May 17th , 2013

[Maurizio]

Hello! here are my last paintings and illustrations.


BATTLE OF HASTINGS
This is a (fantasy) recostruction of the battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066 during the Norman conquest of England, between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II. The painting is Oil on canvas 80x100 Cm





KNIGHTS
The painting is Oil on paper 50x60 Cm





GLADIATORS
I used as reference some pics of the tv show Spartacus. The painting is Oil on canvas 50x70 Cm





TWIG THE FAIRY
The girl is Twig Oaklyn Flewinia Thistlebottom. She travels the country visiting the renaissance and medieval festivals. The painting is Oil on canvas 50x70 Cm

[liquidjack]

Nice oil paintings. Nice composition. Since these are scanned in you might want to work with the coloring and detail for objects in foreground and background....it would really make 2D appear 3D.

[Black Spot]

Didn't know armour was so flammable.

[Maurizio]

@liquidjack Thx, at the moment i prefer to leave the "paint effect"

@black spot: That's because I like to see the knights dying with much suffering

[Jeff Lafferty]

Nice stuff!

[Maurizio]

Jeff Lafferty: thanks

Well , I added other oils


La Gioconda

From Wikipedia: "La Gioconda" is an opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli set to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Angelo, tyran de Padoue, a play in prose by Victor Hugo, dating from 1835. (This is the same source as Gaetano Rossi had used for his libretto for Mercadante's Il giuramento in 1837).
First performed in 1876, La Gioconda was a major success for Ponchielli, as well as the most successful new Italian opera between Verdi's Aida (1871) and Otello (1887). It is also a famous example of the Italian genre of Grande opera, the equivalent of French Grand-Opéra.






Marisa Tomei

I like Marisa, she is a classic mediterranean beauty.






The choice





The Gipsy

This is a speed painting. I had some fun using brilliant and sature colors in a Disney classic fable atmosphere.

[Maurizio]

Judith Beheading Holofernes.

The widow Judith first charms the Assyrian general Holofernes, then decapitates him in his tent.




The cup of life




The sea



Some quick pencils. Subjects are taken from photos found on internet or friends.

[Candra H]

Your pencils are lovely but I think your oils have some flaws. In particular, your horses.

The top paintings where there are horses, you made them pretty big focuses but because they're badly done, they negatively affect the rest of the scene. I think if you decide to use horses again, spending some time studying their anatomy and movement would help with that.

[Jeff Lafferty]

I like the drawings

-Jeff

[Maurizio]

Thanks all for the useful critis and comments .


Ginevra (Keyra Knightley) - Oil on Paper - 50x70




Space - Idroil on Paper - 50x70



Before Hastings - Oil on canvas - 50x70




Dragon - Oil on canvas



The lord of the rings - Pencil on paper - 30x40



The creature - Oil on canvas - 50x70



"Classic" human figure - Pencil on paper - 50x70