This is a model I painted in preparing for second class on painting miniatures with oils. It is made to be fun to paint for oil painters with bright big surfaces and readable and reachable materials offering varieties and challenges. Cloth, skin, tattoos and effects.

The model was designed with a water base and truth was I just thought it’d be fun to paint a water surface effect and see-through dive mask. But it poses quite a dilemma as to forcing the view this much. My son yelled out: what sort og sorcery is this!!! When he saw the dive mask. And I suppose it is rather cool, but a wiser option for display would just be a sky reflected etc.

It will only be used for oil class and is not a production piece. I actually ended up quite liking this pretty kitsch lady from the 70’s.

Thanks to Roman for the pictures (among many things). https://www.patreon.com/posts/review-jakob-oil-111252059. Here you can read a few works about the oil class by Roman :)

Model is sculpted by Airat H., and it was my own art direction,

  • OrigalumPLUS

    Reflections on the water and mask are a separate piece of art

  • Tommy Gunn

    Simply amazing. Reminds me of Ursula Andress coming out of the water in Dr No.

    • Jakob VPLUS

      Ah yes :) she has been on the table during the proces

  • Štěpán Tichý

    There are many pieces where many people can say that they are amazing paintings. And this is one of them. Yet I think that on personal level this speaks to me more as it feels like how I would like to paint one day. And to me, this speaks so much volume. I do not know if you can call it realism or whatever, but the rendering of all parts is simply gorgeous and inspiring, and it really moves me. Thanks for sharing it, Jakob! Take care my friend!

    • Jakob VPLUS

      Thank you so much for these kind words. It means a lot!

  • Roman LappatPLUS

    She is amazing on the photos, but even more so in hand! Wow! Gold and Editor's choice!

  • Marius "Der Stone "Stein

    Just wow! At the first look i thought this is a piece from Roman But then i read your name.. really impressive details ! Online it a lot!

    • Jakob VPLUS

      This here is just photographed by Roman. But latest piece I did was done at his private coaching.

  • Magnus FagerbergPLUS

    Excellent work mate!

    • Jakob VPLUS

      Thank you my friend! See you soon. Can’t wait!

  • Holger SchwarzPLUS

    Absolut amazing Jakob ! My best wishes

  • Thorbjorn Barone

    Nice work mate!

    • Jakob VPLUS

      Thanks bud! Hope you are well over there far away :) loved your new one. If you don’t feel like painting, I am only a 3D printer away ;)

  • Paul Groskopf

    The more you look at this piece of art, the more you realize how complex you have managed to render it. Zooming out you can really feel the mood. So pretty!

    • Jakob VPLUS

      Thanks Paul, it is really appreciated. I really loved painting it too. There are a lot of different fun stuff to do with it.

  • Neftis

    жаль пока не могу голосовать, только комментировать, но если бы могла - золото, отлично просто)

    • Jakob VPLUS

      Thank you very much. And welcome to Putty and Paint :)

  • Martin Vermeulen (Nighthawk)

    fabulous piece of work, I love the details.

    • Jakob VPLUS

      Thank you so much. It was a demonstration piece for the oil class, so there are many tricks with oil shown.

  • Matt McKeebyPLUS

    Beautiful work! Inspirational!

    • Jakob VPLUS

      Thank you - very appreciated

  • Denniz Hedin SaloPLUS

    It´s awsome! The mask is just pure witchcraft! Absolutely love it.

    • Jakob VPLUS

      Haha my son said the same :) thanks.

  • MartinSporka

    This is really amazing piece of art in many aspects! The level of your skill makes this painting extraordinary and for me one of the closest to our world reality. Wonderful impression. My humble congrats. M.

    • Jakob VPLUS

      Thank you Martin! That is wonderful praise and I thank you

  • Piers

    Yup, mask and tank are real highlights on a top piece

    • Jakob VPLUS

      Thanks so much!

  • Fabrizio SchiragaPLUS

    Gold

  • Maxim A.

    Gold!

    • Jakob VPLUS

      Thank you Maxim!

  • David_cualquiera

    Holy cow, the paintjob itself is amazing but the see through of the scuba mask is mindblowing. The effect o th "water" is incredible, top notch piece.

    • Jakob VPLUS

      Thank you so very much!