SLC Temple Doors revisited

Here's the final product of President Lothaire Bluth's birthday present.    if you ask me its much better than the first Temple doors i made.  why?  because the first was with a graphite based , less manipulatable (is that a word?) media called ebony pencil.  this new one was with charcoal-much more potential there for higher contrast, crisper edges, smoother shading and a more correctable drawing...each  allow for greater realism.  also, the fact that i was making it for someone drove me to greater efforts (and for whom it was for -also a motivation)  

 MEDIA:  charcoal, No 2 pencil, watercolor, 23.5 Karrot gold leafing, Sterling Silver leafing, acrylic paint (black), red pen, Prismacolor colored pencil, mat board, pine and thin particle board (mounting), antique glaze and satin sealer.   

and there they are:  president Lothaire Bluth  and his lovely wife Connie, who  commissioned me for the piece.  awesome people.  extreme art lovers i tell you what!