This is a blog documenting my painting exercises. These are very quick sketches 15-60 min for educational purposes only. Constructive criticism very welcome
Great to see you treated the clouds like solid 3D objects when applying the light to them. A good tip for painting clouds is to paint the gradient first and then the clouds over it with a transparent brush like you did above building up shape, but don't forget to pick colours from the canvas too which can be use to add subtle blends between the clouds under belly tone and the sunlight areas. Or use the smudge tool at around 60% to blend between tones. Break the hills and foreground elements into simple areas of colour to create descriptive form. Look for the patches of colour and tone on the grass plains in the reference. All paintings of this nature no matter the level of detail are started this way. The details gets added later when the simple foundation is laid first. Think of low poly modelling ;)
This is one of my first attempts at painting clouds. I really enjoyed doing these as it is a very liberal process. I am struggling withthe landscape. How does one capture the feeling of daylight over the different surfaces withouut going into detail?
Take the reference image and apply the median filter [under noise] in PS. This will strip out detail and show you how capture what your after without adding loads of detail. The same effect as squinting your eyes.
Great to see you treated the clouds like solid 3D objects when applying the light to them. A good tip for painting clouds is to paint the gradient first and then the clouds over it with a transparent brush like you did above building up shape, but don't forget to pick colours from the canvas too which can be use to add subtle blends between the clouds under belly tone and the sunlight areas. Or use the smudge tool at around 60% to blend between tones.
ReplyDeleteBreak the hills and foreground elements into simple areas of colour to create descriptive form. Look for the patches of colour and tone on the grass plains in the reference. All paintings of this nature no matter the level of detail are started this way. The details gets added later when the simple foundation is laid first. Think of low poly modelling ;)
This is one of my first attempts at painting clouds. I really enjoyed doing these as it is a very liberal process. I am struggling withthe landscape. How does one capture the feeling of daylight over the different surfaces withouut going into detail?
ReplyDeleteTake the reference image and apply the median filter [under noise] in PS. This will strip out detail and show you how capture what your after without adding loads of detail. The same effect as squinting your eyes.
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