03-18-2013, 10:08 AM
Two fabric studies I forgot to post, the green one (silk) is from 10/4/2012 and the blue one (velvet) is from 12/12/2012. I'll try to list what I learned, but its been a while since I made them.
-Start dark and go to light, especially with shinier fabrics
-Texture brushes are useful, don't limit yourself so much that you feel you're not allowed to experiment
The architecture exterior study is from yesterday, the things I learned from it involved techniques for texturing and detailing.
Trees:
-Painting a mass of trees/forest quickly feels most natural when painting in strokes following the direction of the mountain rather than dabbing around...
-That is, it looks better when painting as if painting ground texture, rather than painting as if painting clouds, at least for me.
Architecture details:
-Not as mindless and relaxing as texturing, pay attention and know what you're doing
-Challenge is to be quick but accurate
-Keep the big picture in mind
(These photostudies are all prompts from http://speedpaintstudies.deviantart.com/ )
-Start dark and go to light, especially with shinier fabrics
-Texture brushes are useful, don't limit yourself so much that you feel you're not allowed to experiment
The architecture exterior study is from yesterday, the things I learned from it involved techniques for texturing and detailing.
Trees:
-Painting a mass of trees/forest quickly feels most natural when painting in strokes following the direction of the mountain rather than dabbing around...
-That is, it looks better when painting as if painting ground texture, rather than painting as if painting clouds, at least for me.
Architecture details:
-Not as mindless and relaxing as texturing, pay attention and know what you're doing
-Challenge is to be quick but accurate
-Keep the big picture in mind
(These photostudies are all prompts from http://speedpaintstudies.deviantart.com/ )