{"id":6575,"date":"2011-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/2011\/01\/15\/angels\/"},"modified":"2011-01-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T00:00:00","slug":"angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/?p=6575","title":{"rendered":"Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--single.php--><\/p>\n<p><!--loop-->\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t        <!--navigation--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!--post title--><\/p>\n<div class=\"postspace2\">\n\t<\/div>\n<p><!--content with more link--><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9772\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=9772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9772\" title=\"_MG_1576\" src=\"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MG_1576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The map and the glory-rays are a bit closer to finish, but instead of finishing them completely, I was tempted beyond my limit to start on one of the angels.<\/p>\n<p>I did the halos yesterday, painted first with gold-paint, and then added the gold-leaf (or gold-colored metal-leaf to be precise)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9773\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=9773\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9773\" title=\"_MG_1551\" src=\"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MG_1551.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"269\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today it was nice and dry, and ready for some color around it.<\/p>\n<p>Before:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9770\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=9770\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9770\" title=\"_MG_1568\" src=\"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MG_1568.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"228\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And after:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9771\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=9771\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9771\" title=\"_MG_1573\" src=\"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MG_1573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"428\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know, the poor guy is still missing a face, but there is a very specific way of painting icons, and I haven\u00b4t learned it yet\u2026 Luckily I have a friend who\u00b4s an expert.<\/p>\n<p>With a base of olive-green and sienna he started working on the face:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9827\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=9827\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9827\" title=\"_MG_1585\" src=\"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MG_1585.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"210\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Myself, I made rain-heavy clouds by the yard! Mixed from a palette of dark grey-brown, pale brown, green-blue and ivory.<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9828\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=9828\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9828\" title=\"_MG_1577\" src=\"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MG_1577.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"212\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I decided not to use black at all in this picture. Even the outline of the rays are this dark grey-brown. It\u00b4s plenty hard enough. I\u00b4m having difficulties with the rays now, as the baroque elements are appearing, the rays are SO 1970s! I need to do something about that.<\/p>\n<p>(Skip a day or two\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>So, progress, you ask? Here\u00b4s the big picture at the beginning of today (Saturday)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9864\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=9864\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9864\" title=\"_MG_1595\" src=\"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MG_1595.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"101\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here it is six hours later (photo includes one tired lady):<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9865\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=9865\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9865\" title=\"_MG_1609\" src=\"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MG_1609.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"211\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So while waiting for the paint to dry enough for us to roll it up and tuck it away before the cinema, we took some more photos. Here is Lars, my icon-expert-friend showing just how big the angels are.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9866\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=9866\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9866\" title=\"_MG_1610\" src=\"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MG_1610.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"256\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u00b4ve been working on blocking in the main colors, and Lars has worked his magic on the faces.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9867\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=9867\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9867\" title=\"_MG_1603\" src=\"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MG_1603.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"><\/a> <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9868\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/?attachment_id=9868\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9868\" title=\"_MG_1602\" src=\"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MG_1602.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                       <!--for paginate posts--><\/p>\n<div class=\"postspace\">\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!--all options over and out--><\/p>\n<p>\t<!--include comments template--><\/p>\n<p><!-- You can start editing here. --><\/p>\n<p>        <!--do not delete--><\/p>\n<p><!--single.php end--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The map and the glory-rays are a bit closer to finish, but instead of finishing them completely, I was tempted beyond my<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/?p=6575\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-set-design","category-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}