11-04-2014, 03:37 AM
Back working on environments today, trying to work my way through things I've always wanted to be able to do but was always too scared to try.
Forests are something I've always shied away from, they always seemed way too complicated and difficult. So I started this week with a few sketches of forest scenes. I did get a little bit frustrated with a few of them, I generally knew the kind of feel I wanted with them, but struggled to get a composition that I liked.
![[Image: Forest_Thumbnails.jpg]](http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr51/Chachava/Forest_Thumbnails.jpg)
They are far from great, but for a first real attempt at painting anything like this they aren't too bad. I'm really enjoying doing these kind of semi quick sketches as it gets me painting from my imagination rather than doing studies, which was pretty much all I used to do. I do need to start doing some more 'finished' paintings soon though.
As always, comments and crits are more than welecome.
Forests are something I've always shied away from, they always seemed way too complicated and difficult. So I started this week with a few sketches of forest scenes. I did get a little bit frustrated with a few of them, I generally knew the kind of feel I wanted with them, but struggled to get a composition that I liked.
They are far from great, but for a first real attempt at painting anything like this they aren't too bad. I'm really enjoying doing these kind of semi quick sketches as it gets me painting from my imagination rather than doing studies, which was pretty much all I used to do. I do need to start doing some more 'finished' paintings soon though.
As always, comments and crits are more than welecome.