09-13-2016, 02:58 PM
Thanks Nick :)
I can't believe I spent like 4-5 days working on this (i don't even want to finish it lol), but honestly it was a good lesson in setting up an image and laying down solid foundations properly before trying to rush into other things. I'm really beginning to understand and appreciate how important it is to have correct values from the get go because you'll never truly deviate from those initial block-ins for the rest of the painting.
Started working on the second piece and I'm much more happy with the general direction it's going. Learned a big lesson about keeping lights and darks separated by keeping each within their own limited value range. I could never quite figure out why I felt like my paintings had some sort of flat cartoony look to them and I think that was a big part of it.
I can't believe I spent like 4-5 days working on this (i don't even want to finish it lol), but honestly it was a good lesson in setting up an image and laying down solid foundations properly before trying to rush into other things. I'm really beginning to understand and appreciate how important it is to have correct values from the get go because you'll never truly deviate from those initial block-ins for the rest of the painting.
Started working on the second piece and I'm much more happy with the general direction it's going. Learned a big lesson about keeping lights and darks separated by keeping each within their own limited value range. I could never quite figure out why I felt like my paintings had some sort of flat cartoony look to them and I think that was a big part of it.