Thursday, 30 April 2009

This is the development of the drawings I did of the left side of Jesus, From the to the final outcome.



This is my development of Jesus, from the start to the final outcome.



This is the final drawing of the right side of Jesus.
After painting the Last Supper i decided to make a series of drawings from the painting. I broke the painting down into 3 parts; the right side of Jesus, Jesus himself and the left side of Jesus.

This is my development of the right side of Jesus



This photo is the last of the development.

Wednesday, 29 April 2009

The painting represents the scene of The Last Supper from the final days of Jesus as narrated in the Gospel of John 13:21, when Jesus announces that one of his Twelve Apostles would betray him.

The Last Supper specifically portrays the reaction given by each apostle when Jesus said one of them would betray him. All twelve apostles have different reactions to the news, From left to right:

  • Bartholomew, James, Son of Alphaeus and Andrew form a group of three, all are surprised.
  • Judas, Peter and John form another group of three. Judas is wearing green and blue and is in shadow, looking rather withdrawn and taken aback by the sudden revelation of his plan. He is clutching a small bag, perhaps signifying the silver given to him as payment to betray Jesus, or perhaps a reference to his role within the 12 disciples as treasurer. He is the only person to have his elbow on the table; traditionally a sign of bad manners. Peter looks angry and is holding a knife pointed away from Christ, perhaps foreshadowing his violent reaction in Gethsemane during Jesus' arrest. The youngest apostle, John, appears to swoon.
  • (Jesus)
  • Thomas, James the Greater and Philip are the next group of three. Thomas is clearly upset; James the Greater looks stunned, with his arms in the air. Meanwhile, Philip appears to be requesting some explanation.
  • Matthew, Jude Thaddeus and Simon the Zealot are the final group of three. Both Jude Thaddeus and Matthew are turned toward Simon, perhaps to find out if he has any answer to their initial questions.
I have finally finished my painting of The Last Supper, I began work on The Last Supper in 1495 and completed it in 1498—however, I did not work on the piece continuously throughout this period.

I painted The Last Supper on a dry wall rather than on wet plaster, so it is not a true fresco. A fresco cannot be modified as the artist works, I instead chose to seal the stone wall with a layer of pitch, gesso and mastic, then paint onto the sealing layer with tempera.

Monday, 27 April 2009

Welcome

Hello, my name is Leo DaVinci.
I work in many diverse fields in arts and sciences. i'm currently in the studio working on a piece called the last Supper. It is quite large scale being 15ft by 29ft. The last Supper specifically portrays the reaction given by each apostle when Jesus said one of them would portray him. All twelve apostles have different reactions to the news, with various degrees of anger and shock.