Marie Curie plays Guitar Hero
Another in my series of ‘Great thinkers and modern distractions’, here is Marie Curie totally shredding to Guitar Hero. Painted in Egg tempera, my third painting in that.
I suspect she’s into Iron Maiden. She’d like Heavy Metal.
You can see where the panel prep cracked a bit on the right to her head. It’s nice and safe and won’t flake off – and you don’t see it in person – but the flash picks up every imperfection in the panels. Joy.
Egg tempera takes a lot of work to look good. See how she sat for about 3 months while I procrastinated on her:
If you want to know more about egg tempera see my tutorial/documenting my attempts here.
Egg tempera I – preparing the panels
Egg tempera II – transferring the picture
Egg tempera III – Grinding the pigment
Egg tempera IV – inking and cross hatching
Egg tempara VI – laying down real colour
Egg tempera VII – finished Painting
