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Todayās Miku Module of the Day is:
Selfies by Mitau !

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MITAU - Mitawa, now JELGAVA / JeÅgawa - Latvija / Åotwa
Audrey Fall - Mitau
Illustrated cards for the provinces of the Russian Empire (published in St. Petersburg 1856). Ā Each card presents an overview of the province's history, geography, culture and economics. Ā The front depicts distinguishing features such as rivers, mountains, and major cities and industries. Ā The back shows a map of the province, the provincial seal, information about the population, and a picture of the local dress of the inhabitants.
The cards shown here are of the Governorate of Livonia, Courland Governorate, Grand Duchy of Finland, Vyborg Governorate (actually Viipuri Province at this time), and Uusimaa (Nyland) Province.Ā The last two were provinces of Finland.
Yah, itās taken way too long to finish the color studies for this scene -- I hope Iāll be faster with the next one. These are the completed color studies for pp4--9 of Spirits & Seekers: Cagliostro in Courland, with the end of that scene finished on P10 and the initial tone washes (sans cast shadows) for the first panel of the next scene, where the sĆ©ance finally begins. Any nitpicky advice is welcome at this point, since Iād rather get these things fixed before I do the final art on these pages.

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Progress report on Spirits & Seekers: Cagliostro in Courland:
A few weeks ago, I did something overdue (and posted about it): I sketched a conjectural floor plan for the second floor of the Mitau (Jelgava) mansion of Count Johann von Medem, Baroness Elisa von der Reckeās father. (Yesterday I revised this layout again, see top image. Absent an actual floor plan of Johannās mansion turning up, that probably settles it. Johannās mansion was destroyed in WWII and all that survives are photos, including some interiors that were clearly re-done in the 19th century.) I realized that what this meant was that a page Iād already painted of Spirits & Seekers had to change. The scripts says the blue canopy under which Elisa and her female relatives are initiated as Egyptian Freemasons by āCountessā Seraphina di Cagliostro is in the Great Hall at Johannās house, but I just made something up and didnāt even think about how the tent would be oriented in what is the largest function room -- in other words, the ballroom -- in the mansion. Moreover, I completely overlooked the obvious fact about this room that is clear from photos of the exterior of the building: That the center window is actually a set of French doors exiting onto a small balcony facing the river. So Iām re-painting that panel, which is fortunately (so far) the only one of its kind. In the first (2017) version of this panel (2nd image above), I showed a doorway behind and showed part of the chandelier that illuminates the scene, in the 2018 version (3d image), not only are the colors deeper, but Iāve simplified the scenery. However, since there will be subsequent scenes in this space, I have returned to the busier rococo look I was trying for the first time around -- and itās clear that (a) the space is large enough to serve as a ballroom (Cagliostroās first sĆ©ance with the von Medems will be here), and (b) the tent is centered along the long axis of the room. Iāve also gone back to including sconces and bits of chandelier, which will help in keeping my focus on where the light sources are when I paint this.
Day 2 working on Page 003. Trying to apply the wet-in-wet lighting effects demonstrated to me. y my instructor, Frank Costantino of Winthrop, before I left Mass. on 1/20. I'm pretty sloppy -- he stresses the need for water control, and I still haven't mastered it. I also struggled with the fact that I reconsidered exactly where the dusk light was coming from. The west, to be sure, but since it's March -- before the solstice -- probably not *due* west, so not straight down this east-west street in this high latitude. So the "rosy" side of things had to be modified (after yesterday's washes were good and dry) to the best of my ability. Since the red and orange pigments I'm using are staining, this wound up being kind of half-assed. one does what one can.
Synagogue of Mitau, modern-day Jelgava, Latvia
German vintage postcard