My next painting in the series of Live In Concert paintings is Freddie Mercury at Live Aid.
Live Aid was a dual-venue concert held on 13 July 1985. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Billed as the "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom (attended by 72,000 people) and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (attended by about 100,000 people). On the same day, concerts inspired by the initiative happened in other countries, such as Australia and Germany. It was one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations, watched the live broadcast.
Stay tuned for the rest of the progress pics to follow.
After the basic image has been roughed in, I start to layer in colors to form the basic shape, highlights and shadows, slowly building up the image
As the image starts to come to life, I begin to add details and fill in the background. I can see now that because the background is so dark, the face looks a little washed out. I will in the next step add some warmer layers around the neck, and chin area to give it more weight and make it look more solid. Details like the ears, teeth and inside of the mouth will all be slowly addressed in the next sitting... Stay tuned!!
Almost done.. just got to finish the mic, ear and mouth details...
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