(03-14-2017, 09:36 AM)chubbycat Wrote: Hey, berrybloogenes!

Firstly I want to commend you for taking the dive and exploring a side of art you find intimidating. It's something we should all do more often :P

My main bit of advice is to be aware of your angles and perspective. Stuff like the ceiling beam, triangular roof, round table next to the bed, etc. are slightly out of perspective and end up throwing the whole image off. Doing perspective studies will help with these issues :)    

Best of luck and keep up the good work!

(03-14-2017, 01:25 PM)Pinshivic Wrote: Whats up berry, what I'm seeing as your main issue are values and cool/warm relationships, try to see more of colors for what they truly are, you are putting a lot of saturation on colors that should be grey, putting warms where there should be colds and vice-versa and you seem to not be taking into consideration color relativity overall, which is one of the most hard things to do accurately. I would recommend reading about the topic of color relativity. Also keep painting on diffused white light situations to get good at playing with local color and value, don't do roughs try to get them as finished as possible then transition in different types of light and light color. Keep going!

(03-14-2017, 02:23 PM)AlexShi Wrote: Hi!
You're doing good, keep it up! I would pay extra attention to the shadows, they seem to be missing in your sketches. Also, I'm not sure which program you are using but if Photoshop then do take advantage of the layers and the lasso tool for better control of your shapes. Start from big shapes and then gradually go into detail, that way you will save time and avoid making a mess ;).

(03-14-2017, 03:49 PM)berrybloogenes Wrote:

(03-14-2017, 01:25 PM)Pinshivic Wrote: Whats up berry, what I'm seeing as your main issue are values and cool/warm relationships, try to see more of colors for what they truly are, you are putting a lot of saturation on colors that should be grey, putting warms where there should be colds and vice-versa and you seem to not be taking into consideration color relativity overall, which is one of the most hard things to do accurately. I would recommend reading about the topic of color relativity. Also keep painting on diffused white light situations to get good at playing with local color and value, don't do roughs try to get them as finished as possible then transition in different types of light and light color. Keep going!

thanks for your response! i've always struggled a lot with colors, and despite having read lots on the subject, i'm terrible with executing it. that comes with more practice, i suppose! i read somewhere that you should try to limit yourself to a certain amount of time when studying, but i'm not sure what the rationale behind it is besides getting you to do more, quantitatively and not overworking yourself. do you think there's more value in trying to get things more finished? i'm afraid i'll be trying to fight too many battles at once... i will read up on color relativity for sure! for now my main goal is to see values and hues more accurately, which is something that will hopefully develop the more studies i do.

(03-20-2017, 05:03 PM)Hozure Wrote: I'd mix in some longer studies to go with your quick roughs. Maybe go for an exact one for one copy. It's easy to say "close enough" but there are a lot of details you might skimp over when doing it quickly. Would definitely suggest to tone down the amount of objects you're painting (ie. worry about the slice of that squash(?) and notice the subsurface scattering, the slight hint of reflected green on the table, or the occlusion shadows between the slice and the table).

Glad to hear you're getting more confident. -thumbs up-