12-03-2019, 10:49 AM
Sketch-painting and speed-painting without prior lines is excellent for imagination work although it takes a lot of experience (which I don't have) to avoid getting lost in endless remodeling. I encourage you to sketch paint in color instead of gray scale, as you mentioned, because colors can plant vital information from the very start and stimulate the imagination. This also teaches to perceive color value/luminosity from the start. But I believe this is exactly what you did in (some of) the recent pieces, right?
The first jungle piece has an interesting dynamic: The eye tends to slide quickly along the liana to the monkey's glowing eyes but gets attracted on the way to the background detail. It's a trap! :) The second piece is more of a maze, following sections of the vertical and corkscrew elements.
My comment on the mutated color portrait was not exactly that the chest lacked detail, rather that the thin brush looping strokes added too much eye catching texture. It's about the brush being too thin. I agree that the chest shouldn't be as detailed as the head.
The giant hallway scene is breathtaking although I had the same impression as Rotohail that I'm losing my balance on it.
The first jungle piece has an interesting dynamic: The eye tends to slide quickly along the liana to the monkey's glowing eyes but gets attracted on the way to the background detail. It's a trap! :) The second piece is more of a maze, following sections of the vertical and corkscrew elements.
My comment on the mutated color portrait was not exactly that the chest lacked detail, rather that the thin brush looping strokes added too much eye catching texture. It's about the brush being too thin. I agree that the chest shouldn't be as detailed as the head.
The giant hallway scene is breathtaking although I had the same impression as Rotohail that I'm losing my balance on it.