04-03-2014, 07:13 AM
meat: Ah well, what I didn't mention was the hours of procrastination that came before I finally started doing a bit of painting :P Looking forward to whatever you'll be posting in your SB next <3
Jaik: I did procrastinate, until the guilt was worse than the tiredness :p And yes! Males! Need to conquer them eventually. Drawing wise, I mean.. And I totally know that "want to fast forward my ability", especially since last weeks model was so gorgeous!
And no, I did not actually blend with those color patches. They are just for checking how good I did afterwards. So first I picked some flat color patches, without taking into account surrounding colors etc, just trying to choose anything from the color wheel which I think looks like i.e. the cheek, shadow, nose etc hue (that's "picked" or in some cases F). Then I picked colors from the same spots on the photo (thats O). Then I actually put the flat colors down on my drawing of the face, and corrected where I was off - now it is easier because the colors are in relationship to each other (that is still F, didn't save the previous step in most images). Then I rendered the faces with blending, introducing new colors etc, basically as I normally paint. Only after being done with it, I picked R. So R is not what I actually used to paint, but the end result. I used it only to compare it to the original photograph, to see where I was off. (I look at the saturation, brightness, hue sliders / color wheel)
Probably a useless approach, but I didn't really plan this out beforehand :p What does feel very useful though is just comparing the end-result-colors of my image with the colors on the original (whatever the source might be - photo, master painting...), because it helps to understand where my perception is off. Like, in my case, I tend to go over the top with saturation and contrasts.
Todays update is a bit random because I am working on too much at once... but anyway. I started to do studies with Gurney's "Color and Light". Taking notes on every chapter and doing master/photo/life studies and/or application as I find useful.
direct sunlight (master copy and plein air, which looks horrible because I didn't see anything on my screen *excuses*)
window light (master copy/still life)
candle light/fire (master)
night scenes (master/photo copy)
luminescence and hidden light source (application)
and this is me getting sidetracked :P
and studies for bloodsport 4 (you can join in the challenge area!)
anyone interested in the notes I take from Gurney's book while I do my studies? Just don't want this post to get any longer than it already is :[
Jaik: I did procrastinate, until the guilt was worse than the tiredness :p And yes! Males! Need to conquer them eventually. Drawing wise, I mean.. And I totally know that "want to fast forward my ability", especially since last weeks model was so gorgeous!
And no, I did not actually blend with those color patches. They are just for checking how good I did afterwards. So first I picked some flat color patches, without taking into account surrounding colors etc, just trying to choose anything from the color wheel which I think looks like i.e. the cheek, shadow, nose etc hue (that's "picked" or in some cases F). Then I picked colors from the same spots on the photo (thats O). Then I actually put the flat colors down on my drawing of the face, and corrected where I was off - now it is easier because the colors are in relationship to each other (that is still F, didn't save the previous step in most images). Then I rendered the faces with blending, introducing new colors etc, basically as I normally paint. Only after being done with it, I picked R. So R is not what I actually used to paint, but the end result. I used it only to compare it to the original photograph, to see where I was off. (I look at the saturation, brightness, hue sliders / color wheel)
Probably a useless approach, but I didn't really plan this out beforehand :p What does feel very useful though is just comparing the end-result-colors of my image with the colors on the original (whatever the source might be - photo, master painting...), because it helps to understand where my perception is off. Like, in my case, I tend to go over the top with saturation and contrasts.
Todays update is a bit random because I am working on too much at once... but anyway. I started to do studies with Gurney's "Color and Light". Taking notes on every chapter and doing master/photo/life studies and/or application as I find useful.
direct sunlight (master copy and plein air, which looks horrible because I didn't see anything on my screen *excuses*)
window light (master copy/still life)
candle light/fire (master)
night scenes (master/photo copy)
luminescence and hidden light source (application)
and this is me getting sidetracked :P
and studies for bloodsport 4 (you can join in the challenge area!)
anyone interested in the notes I take from Gurney's book while I do my studies? Just don't want this post to get any longer than it already is :[
