12-20-2013, 07:13 PM
yeh, i'm sure part of it has to do with deliberately choosing colours.
as well as the things ramalooke mentioned, you can also get muddy colours by "mindless blending", when you use your brush on mid/low opacity settings and paint over previous brushstrokes with different hue/value/sat, it usually ends up simply lowering the value and sat, as well looking simply quite ugly in terms of brushstrokes.
my super crit to you would be, next time you try a study like this (or any painting in general) try to get simplified blocks of colours and less fuzzy areas like the woman's neck, or the dresses. almost as if you were painting in vector, a few simple shapes with clean lines at the right value can look real strong
as well as the things ramalooke mentioned, you can also get muddy colours by "mindless blending", when you use your brush on mid/low opacity settings and paint over previous brushstrokes with different hue/value/sat, it usually ends up simply lowering the value and sat, as well looking simply quite ugly in terms of brushstrokes.
my super crit to you would be, next time you try a study like this (or any painting in general) try to get simplified blocks of colours and less fuzzy areas like the woman's neck, or the dresses. almost as if you were painting in vector, a few simple shapes with clean lines at the right value can look real strong
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