04-26-2015, 08:18 PM
Adam Lina: I’m doing a tiny bit of traditional painting every now and then - have used some watercolors many years ago, and would love to get into oils, but can’t justify the time and money for now to do it more often. The couple of times I am trying, it’s kicking my butt very hard though, and that’s even when I am in my room and „well prepared“ - so I don’t want to use a new medium in a new setting all at once ;) Digital is the tool I’m most used to, so I’d like to use this to get the most (in terms of learning) out of painting from real life colors/mood.
That said, I plan on doing some watercolor plein airs as well, since those pentel water brushes I bought a while back are so fun and easy to use and transport. I just don’t expect to be able to learn much in terms of RL colors and light when using those, since I’ll be challenged by the medium already.
Night time plein air is a great idea!! I’ll totally have to try that out when nights will be getting warmer soon. Maybe with campfire, wouldn’t that be nice? The only problem I can see here is that the screen, even on low brightness, will be distracting and blinding, keeping you from really seeing the night colors each time you look at the screen and back into your scene again. The one time I tried something similar (painting what’s outside my window from the inside) that was a real problem, I had to wait a couple of minutes for my eyes to adjust to the darkness again after painting a bit. Some night time light sources (fire, street lamps or a bright moon), might be easier for starting out than darker nights… definitely something to try out! :)
Colors for Crimson Revolver:
That said, I plan on doing some watercolor plein airs as well, since those pentel water brushes I bought a while back are so fun and easy to use and transport. I just don’t expect to be able to learn much in terms of RL colors and light when using those, since I’ll be challenged by the medium already.
Night time plein air is a great idea!! I’ll totally have to try that out when nights will be getting warmer soon. Maybe with campfire, wouldn’t that be nice? The only problem I can see here is that the screen, even on low brightness, will be distracting and blinding, keeping you from really seeing the night colors each time you look at the screen and back into your scene again. The one time I tried something similar (painting what’s outside my window from the inside) that was a real problem, I had to wait a couple of minutes for my eyes to adjust to the darkness again after painting a bit. Some night time light sources (fire, street lamps or a bright moon), might be easier for starting out than darker nights… definitely something to try out! :)
Colors for Crimson Revolver: