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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
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
Choosing a reference
Taping down your reference photo
Tracing image onto plastic
Removing original reference under the plastic
Organizing smalti into tonal mixes
Looking at tonal variation in your reference image
Choosing picassiette plates & matching smalti
Tools & breaking down dishes
Cutting smalti
Everything you’ll need - more tools
Mixing tinted thin-set mortar
About working on plastic - why?
Starting the portrait - the eyes first
Key-stoning lesson: cutting around an arc/circle
Back to the eye
Finishing the 1st eye
The second eye
The nose
More nose
Into the cheek and under the eye
Clean-up tips
Silicone cups
Working around top of the eye
Now on to the right cheek
The lips
Creating a shadow under the nose
The chin - stretching materials with low inventory
Explanation of finishing touches prior to removing portrait from plastic
Introduction of materials for creating permanent substrate
Creating the fiberglass/mesh substrate
Removing portrait from plastic
Moving portrait to permanent fiberglass/mesh substrate
Working direct - the forehead
The hair
The shirt
Completing the neck
Finishing options
Cutting out the portrait
Reinforcing the substrate and creating the hanging hardware system
Affixing the hanging system and reinforcement layers
Finishing touches
Thank you!
Bonus I - Small exterior wall installation
Bonus II - removing plate foot with hammer & hardie
Mixing tinted thin-set mortar
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