05-10-2014, 07:18 PM
I've noticed that when i compare any painting or sketch, where i tried to get close to reality, to the real version of whatever it was that i painted, my biggest miss is most often the chroma. Even though i still think i don't have that much control over values, the chroma is what's most obvious when i compare stuff. So i did this little experiment to see it better.
I was on a train and i did a 1 minute sketch of what i thought the trees would look like when it became dark outside. And then when it was dark i did another sketch. The difference is huge. The values are off of course, but the intensity of the chroma in real life is so much stronger than what i guessed. Also, a thing i've noticed before is that i guess that when a color goes to a darker value, it goes to a becomes more grey. That was wrong. I don't know if that's because of me as a person (maybe i'm scared of going too far so i play it safe and keep the colours grey), or if it's a common thing that most people do.
Anyway, it was a cool exercise and i'll definitely do it again. Now back to work.
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I was on a train and i did a 1 minute sketch of what i thought the trees would look like when it became dark outside. And then when it was dark i did another sketch. The difference is huge. The values are off of course, but the intensity of the chroma in real life is so much stronger than what i guessed. Also, a thing i've noticed before is that i guess that when a color goes to a darker value, it goes to a becomes more grey. That was wrong. I don't know if that's because of me as a person (maybe i'm scared of going too far so i play it safe and keep the colours grey), or if it's a common thing that most people do.
Anyway, it was a cool exercise and i'll definitely do it again. Now back to work.