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Contemporary Portraiture in Smalti and Picassiette with Gila Rayberg
Contemporary Portraiture in Smalti and Picassiette with Gila Rayberg
Intro and personal interview with Gila and Tami (7:11)
PDF for download. Suggested tools, materials, and resources. Tints for purchase. Reference image for download.
Examples of Gila's Contemporary Portraits in Smalti and Picassiette (0:25)
Choosing a reference (0:53)
Taping down your reference photo (1:29)
Tracing image onto plastic (4:57)
Removing original reference under the plastic (2:51)
Organizing smalti into tonal mixes (2:32)
Looking at tonal variation in your reference image (2:23)
Choosing picassiette plates & matching smalti (4:19)
Tools & breaking down dishes (13:36)
Cutting smalti (3:20)
Everything you’ll need - more tools (1:39)
Mixing tinted thin-set mortar (2:51)
About working on plastic - why? (1:34)
Starting the portrait - the eyes first (9:48)
Key-stoning lesson: cutting around an arc/circle (3:08)
Back to the eye (9:38)
Finishing the 1st eye (10:50)
The second eye (9:52)
The nose (11:14)
More nose (11:22)
Into the cheek and under the eye (20:04)
Clean-up tips (2:42)
Silicone cups (0:56)
Working around top of the eye (11:03)
Now on to the right cheek (13:59)
The lips (14:19)
Creating a shadow under the nose (10:20)
The chin - stretching materials with low inventory (20:34)
Explanation of finishing touches prior to removing portrait from plastic (1:37)
Introduction of materials for creating permanent substrate (2:24)
Creating the fiberglass/mesh substrate (7:57)
Removing portrait from plastic (2:21)
Moving portrait to permanent fiberglass/mesh substrate (4:26)
Working direct - the forehead (18:04)
The hair (12:37)
The shirt (15:25)
Completing the neck (0:56)
Finishing options (3:32)
Cutting out the portrait (6:28)
Reinforcing the substrate and creating the hanging hardware system (5:55)
Affixing the hanging system and reinforcement layers (8:10)
Finishing touches (2:21)
Thank you! (0:24)
Bonus I - Small exterior wall installation (1:24)
Bonus II - removing plate foot with hammer & hardie (1:33)
Intro and personal interview with Gila and Tami
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