07-07-2015, 10:48 AM
Sup Yonderly!
Glad to see you diving into the community, commenting in peoples sketchbooks and providing feedback.
Off to a great start, especially since you only got your tablet a little while ago o: !
Hmm, so you asked a question?
I did a thing for you:
When it comes to lighting form, first, think about the intensity of the light, what material is being affected and the direction of the light source (you had this part down).
I chose to paint over the face in a diffuse lighting scenario. So, the cast shadows weren't too harsh and all I really needed to focus on were the values and basic shapes. I'd suggest doing a number of master studies to help understand how this works, as well as painting a number of these shapes (spheres, cylinders, cones, cubes) under different lighting scenes such as the one I mentioned above.
Be aware of your brushstrokes, continue to paint around the forms and consider blending like I've done on the cylinder and sphere (I actually went almost a full year without realising I needed to blend colours to achieve a more finished look haha).
In addition to this, you need to be building these shapes up. Painting is not as easy as painting a flat colour and hoping to have achieved a 3D look. The paintover of the face I did took a good 1.5-2hrs. It takes a while, don't be afraid to push yourself because if you keep working at it, you'll get faster and faster!
Also, where I mentioned, if you can draw, you can paint. I truly believe in this idea. Drawing is fundamental to painting, you will learn a tonne from a rendered drawing and it'll even speed up your painting process. I found spending time rendering drawings helped with my brushwork too.
Possibly the most important thing you can learn from drawing = values.
Aaaaaand a painting is nothing without a solid understanding of values :D
So please, keep this in mind and make sure to continue drawing ^ ^'
From life, from photos, from imagination.
Other things,
you can learn a lot from this post:
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com.au/201...art-1.html
And really, anything on Gurney's blog in general o_o. Seriously, he helped me out a ton when I started out.
That and the Muddy Colours blog posts some really useful tips for painting in general.
http://muddycolors.blogspot.com.br/?m=0
Hope at least some of that helped ya out, even if a little :3
Keep up the good work, Yonderly!
P.s. Ryuko Matoiiiiii <333 Kill La Kill is the besssst. Just finished the series a couple of days ago ^ ^"
Glad to see you diving into the community, commenting in peoples sketchbooks and providing feedback.
Off to a great start, especially since you only got your tablet a little while ago o: !
Hmm, so you asked a question?
I did a thing for you:
When it comes to lighting form, first, think about the intensity of the light, what material is being affected and the direction of the light source (you had this part down).
I chose to paint over the face in a diffuse lighting scenario. So, the cast shadows weren't too harsh and all I really needed to focus on were the values and basic shapes. I'd suggest doing a number of master studies to help understand how this works, as well as painting a number of these shapes (spheres, cylinders, cones, cubes) under different lighting scenes such as the one I mentioned above.
Be aware of your brushstrokes, continue to paint around the forms and consider blending like I've done on the cylinder and sphere (I actually went almost a full year without realising I needed to blend colours to achieve a more finished look haha).
In addition to this, you need to be building these shapes up. Painting is not as easy as painting a flat colour and hoping to have achieved a 3D look. The paintover of the face I did took a good 1.5-2hrs. It takes a while, don't be afraid to push yourself because if you keep working at it, you'll get faster and faster!
Also, where I mentioned, if you can draw, you can paint. I truly believe in this idea. Drawing is fundamental to painting, you will learn a tonne from a rendered drawing and it'll even speed up your painting process. I found spending time rendering drawings helped with my brushwork too.
Possibly the most important thing you can learn from drawing = values.
Aaaaaand a painting is nothing without a solid understanding of values :D
So please, keep this in mind and make sure to continue drawing ^ ^'
From life, from photos, from imagination.
Other things,
you can learn a lot from this post:
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com.au/201...art-1.html
And really, anything on Gurney's blog in general o_o. Seriously, he helped me out a ton when I started out.
That and the Muddy Colours blog posts some really useful tips for painting in general.
http://muddycolors.blogspot.com.br/?m=0
Hope at least some of that helped ya out, even if a little :3
Keep up the good work, Yonderly!
P.s. Ryuko Matoiiiiii <333 Kill La Kill is the besssst. Just finished the series a couple of days ago ^ ^"