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Connecting Hands
Connecting Hands
In his famous Sistine Chapel painting, Michael Angelo created a large ceiling mural that showed the bridging of both heaven and earth. This is a drawing of the famous painting of the touching of the hands.
This drawing was meant to understand Michael Angelo's process of depicting the realism of his subjects; by showing mythological scenarios in a way that can be realistically conveyed. The hands of both God and Man meeting.
Materials / Process
Materials / Process
A series of coloring pencils and artists' pencils were used on a sheet of 22.8" x 30.4 paper.
First, a light sketch of both hands was made.
Second, colors based on the look of the original painting's color pallets were added.
Some aspects of the line art were enhanced with artists' pencils.
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