Thanks so much Diana!! 🙂

Thanks Gihan! I definitely have to treat it that way just because the surface requires such a build up of paint. Now if only painting were as easy as sculpture! Painting is hard work for me! 🙂

Thanks Shyamsagar! 🙂

Thanks Jessica! It’s slow but steady…. Something I’m not the best at but it keeps me in line from going too fast. 🙂

Thanks Sherese! I transferred the drawing the same way David did in our Still Life class. I painted raw umber directly on the back of the drawing, wiped it away so there was no excess paint on the paper surface, and then attached it to the copper and outlined the drawing with a ball point pen. Because I wiped away the paint, there was no risk of anything other than what the pen point placed on the surface of the copper. I had to wait a few days for it to dry and then I was ready to get started. I’ll take a look at Olga’s work… thanks for the suggestion! 🙂

Ha! Thanks Leifi! Spot on! Am I that predictable? I thought of going for the eye first but it’s in deeper shadow and the ear had more obvious contrasts that I knew would photograph better. I’m looking forward to working into the picture each day so it’s always nice to have a project that you look forward to working on. 😉

Great ideas, Kathy! Definitely mounting it on a board would be ideal! Every now and then you can find some thick pieces of copper at hardware stores… and always clean off your panels with a 000 steel wool and denatured alcohol to be sure there are no residual industrial by-products on the surface. 🙂