03-09-2016, 01:17 PM
Thanks for the overpaint. You are totally right about the colour and value part. I have not have time to study those subject, so I just do what feels right to me and what looks comparable to the image :P.
The painting was actually a study from this portrait, although the colours here a bit lighter than the image I used from a book. So I ended up making the background a bit lighter instead of darker. But the lesson different values stays. And in the overall painting I could have thrown in a bit more yellow.
Orginal painting:
![[Image: Jeanne-Samary-Aka-La-Reverie.jpg]](http://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Jeanne-Samary-Aka-La-Reverie.jpg)
Mine:
![[Image: untitled_by_eyliana-d9uid36.jpg]](http://pre01.deviantart.net/5ba1/th/pre/i/2016/068/8/b/untitled_by_eyliana-d9uid36.jpg)
Other than that I spend my weekend making this mixing chart. It sure is a good exercise, you learn a lot about colour, but it is a lot of work x_x.
![[Image: winsor_and_newton_cotman_mixing_chart_by...9ui7ay.jpg]](http://img06.deviantart.net/1afe/i/2016/068/5/d/winsor_and_newton_cotman_mixing_chart_by_eyliana-d9ui7ay.jpg)
The painting was actually a study from this portrait, although the colours here a bit lighter than the image I used from a book. So I ended up making the background a bit lighter instead of darker. But the lesson different values stays. And in the overall painting I could have thrown in a bit more yellow.
Orginal painting:
Mine:
Other than that I spend my weekend making this mixing chart. It sure is a good exercise, you learn a lot about colour, but it is a lot of work x_x.