05-05-2020, 07:36 AM
Hey your sketches are looking great! And I love that painting you did the notan of, the lady of shallot.
With the notan, though I feel like you didn't really capture the composition so much, and tried to make sure every detail stood out from each other. For example, the window would definitely be a light value since it's the lightest thing in the scene, but you inverted it so it reads better.
Here's how I would do this scene.
I used three values, and went a little fancier with some gradation, because I feel like the picture more makes sense as a 3 value composition. The dress is clearly darker than her face, but lighter than the wall. but it could be pared down even more by just making all the grey areas white.
If you put an artsy filter over your composition you can really see the important shapes of light and how that's working in an abstract way.
There's different ways you can interpret it, and do a value study. Like I'm sure Amitt's would look better still, but you get the picture. The key is you're trying to simplify it and group things together, not separate them apart.
With the notan, though I feel like you didn't really capture the composition so much, and tried to make sure every detail stood out from each other. For example, the window would definitely be a light value since it's the lightest thing in the scene, but you inverted it so it reads better.
Here's how I would do this scene.
I used three values, and went a little fancier with some gradation, because I feel like the picture more makes sense as a 3 value composition. The dress is clearly darker than her face, but lighter than the wall. but it could be pared down even more by just making all the grey areas white.
If you put an artsy filter over your composition you can really see the important shapes of light and how that's working in an abstract way.
There's different ways you can interpret it, and do a value study. Like I'm sure Amitt's would look better still, but you get the picture. The key is you're trying to simplify it and group things together, not separate them apart.