Beard Clippings

[Patrick Gaumond]

Oh no worries haha, I was thrown off by the bit of colour you added

So I'm assuming you're going for a more dramatic overcast weather going by your wip?

I'm not much of a landscape enthusiast, but I recommend checking out Thomas Moran's work for that kind of thing (example: http://i.imgur.com/h4nH0Db.jpg), or to switch up the usual overcast colour palette - check out Jean Charles Cazin (example 1: http://i.imgur.com/hKqDAQe.jpg example 2 (more subtle values, but still effective): http://i.imgur.com/6vjnw2H.jpg)

No need to overthink overcast skies, just remember your simple 1-4 values, making sure everything reads well.
A good way to check if your values read well would be to make a black & white layer as well as a posterise layer


Keep rockingg ittttt!

Yea that's right. At first it was going to be the more flat overcast like you overpainted but I decided to go for the "looming storm" kind of look. I've only spent about 2 hours on the piece so far and most of it was on the mount and rider so a lot of it is still unresolved but I like the examples you linked! I think I might go for something like the second one actually, maybe that stormy bit is too busy for this piece. I should have done thumbnails before haha, always putting off the thumbnails, probably not a good habit

Thank you very much for the feedback by the way, it's much appreciated : )