01-25-2018, 11:01 AM
Ah yeah, sorry the feedback I gave was more about overall life studies in general, than colour alone, my bad.
I'd say then that what slash said should be reiterated; do more or at least a percentage of them from life. There's more to observe and simplify and understand from life than from a photo and is more challenging. You seem to be fairly good at observation from a static photo, it would be interesting for you to see if this is different for you from life.
You should also read up on colour and light theory if you haven't already so you can identify what is causing what you are observing. James Gurney's Color and Light book is a great not too technical overview.
That last study looks heaps better for the effort :) but you missed some basic things, cast shadow of vase, red light cast on cloth, and almost all ambient occlusion shadows in the whole scene. Squint your eyes also at various amounts when observing your subject, this helps reduce the detail and see the broad values/colours etc. Also this vid will help you. watch it before your next attempts. http://www.dorian-iten.com/see-more/ Not about colour directly, but breaks down the factors involved in modelling (and therefore observing and understanding) any form. All Dorien's vids/articles are better than 99% of the fundamentals tutorials out there but in a very concise way, so watch em all! :)
I'd say then that what slash said should be reiterated; do more or at least a percentage of them from life. There's more to observe and simplify and understand from life than from a photo and is more challenging. You seem to be fairly good at observation from a static photo, it would be interesting for you to see if this is different for you from life.
You should also read up on colour and light theory if you haven't already so you can identify what is causing what you are observing. James Gurney's Color and Light book is a great not too technical overview.
That last study looks heaps better for the effort :) but you missed some basic things, cast shadow of vase, red light cast on cloth, and almost all ambient occlusion shadows in the whole scene. Squint your eyes also at various amounts when observing your subject, this helps reduce the detail and see the broad values/colours etc. Also this vid will help you. watch it before your next attempts. http://www.dorian-iten.com/see-more/ Not about colour directly, but breaks down the factors involved in modelling (and therefore observing and understanding) any form. All Dorien's vids/articles are better than 99% of the fundamentals tutorials out there but in a very concise way, so watch em all! :)