02-25-2016, 11:53 AM
Hi Eyliana,
nice progress on the anatomy and I like how you stick to watercolor. A lot of people dive into digital for no good reason and miss out on some of the analog-painting-struggle. Water color especially is a really hard medium, since it doesn't allow for failure. I wish I could give you some hints on how paint better with water color, but I am a real novice at it myself. The only thing I would suggest is adding more color-variety into your first water-layer. In the bird-person (the one for the contest) the skin is really just brown. That sheet, nutriman posted is great. Look at https://ewaludwi.wordpress.com/ and do studies of her work to get a feeling of how to use color with people. It is what I did and it helped me a lot. After that look for other water color artists like Nathan fowkes and see what they are doing.
Those cloud studies are looking good, I did some of those, but I like yours more. Oh btw, I am not sure if you should study materials, before studying painting basic 3D forms like cubes, spheres, cones, etc. If you know how to do that, I guess materials are okay, but don't do one step before the other, it will only make you stumble (so, so wise ;) haha
keep it up
nice progress on the anatomy and I like how you stick to watercolor. A lot of people dive into digital for no good reason and miss out on some of the analog-painting-struggle. Water color especially is a really hard medium, since it doesn't allow for failure. I wish I could give you some hints on how paint better with water color, but I am a real novice at it myself. The only thing I would suggest is adding more color-variety into your first water-layer. In the bird-person (the one for the contest) the skin is really just brown. That sheet, nutriman posted is great. Look at https://ewaludwi.wordpress.com/ and do studies of her work to get a feeling of how to use color with people. It is what I did and it helped me a lot. After that look for other water color artists like Nathan fowkes and see what they are doing.
Those cloud studies are looking good, I did some of those, but I like yours more. Oh btw, I am not sure if you should study materials, before studying painting basic 3D forms like cubes, spheres, cones, etc. If you know how to do that, I guess materials are okay, but don't do one step before the other, it will only make you stumble (so, so wise ;) haha
keep it up