04-28-2021, 09:34 AM
Feeling a little off, so no long ramblings today.
I was trying to paint the center with blue tones to show the sunlight was strongest there and with yellower/muddier tones away from there. The rock piles just look like they're different colors. I plan to go back in and darken the surrounding areas more instead around the light source.
The palette is Payne's grey, Indian yellow, and Van Dyke brown.
Painting rocks is not fun...
I liked this piece. Then I didn't. (The braid isn't curving to flatten out as it hits her shoulder and I feel the ear placement is bad - it looks like a balloon randomly blowing up at the edge of the frame from her).
I tried not to repeat the same mistakes in the first piece and the lighting source is stronger in the center. The perspective is a different matter. It had more of a diagonal tilt in the photo, which I unintentionally removed. I'm trying to make a more normal view work, but I'm not sure it is. Painting graffiti is difficult as the lines are clean and the colors are bright, but there's still a texture from the wall and shadows.
I was trying to paint the center with blue tones to show the sunlight was strongest there and with yellower/muddier tones away from there. The rock piles just look like they're different colors. I plan to go back in and darken the surrounding areas more instead around the light source.
The palette is Payne's grey, Indian yellow, and Van Dyke brown.
Painting rocks is not fun...
I liked this piece. Then I didn't. (The braid isn't curving to flatten out as it hits her shoulder and I feel the ear placement is bad - it looks like a balloon randomly blowing up at the edge of the frame from her).
I tried not to repeat the same mistakes in the first piece and the lighting source is stronger in the center. The perspective is a different matter. It had more of a diagonal tilt in the photo, which I unintentionally removed. I'm trying to make a more normal view work, but I'm not sure it is. Painting graffiti is difficult as the lines are clean and the colors are bright, but there's still a texture from the wall and shadows.