This one is better! colors and values are pretty accurate. Think in bigger shapes. I notice that yo have a lot of fine lines in your paintings. Unify smaller shapes to bigger ones. Simplify. That will make you quicker too. Do you start with a white canvas?
Yeah, I do start with the white canvas. Then I block out the larger colors like the sky and then the mountains and then the foreground.
I'll definitely simplify the shapes next time. Sometimes when I do that but then the image ends up looking flat. How can I avoid making it look flat? Just wondering?
Ok I suggest not to start with a white canvas. Choose a mid tone instead. When you start with a white canvas you already have the brightest color in the painting. You can only go darker which makes it hard to determine values. If you start with a mid tone you can go brighter or darker which is imo very important. So in this case I would start with the sky color fill the whole canvas with it and start blocking in the rest.
The reason why your simplified shapes might look flat are the slight value changes within the shape that you might not be able to see yet.
For example in your first painting to the right side of the room there is a strong light fall off. It gets from light to dark. You kept the whole wall in the same value range. That's why the wall doesn't look lit and flat.
Nevertheless in your next one I want you to really try to find the right colors. It seems to me that you have some trouble with that. The yellow grass for example is very different from the color you chose. Instead of getting caught into details keep the simple shapes but try hard to nail the colors.
Ok, I'm going to complete the next painting tonight and focus on the colors. That makes sense what you said about the flatness and I'll start with a mid tone bg instead of white.
Should I use the color picker at the end to see if I was close to the color? Thanks for the feedback!
This one is better! colors and values are pretty accurate. Think in bigger shapes. I notice that yo have a lot of fine lines in your paintings.
ReplyDeleteUnify smaller shapes to bigger ones. Simplify.
That will make you quicker too.
Do you start with a white canvas?
Yeah, I do start with the white canvas.
ReplyDeleteThen I block out the larger colors like the sky and then the mountains and then the foreground.
I'll definitely simplify the shapes next time.
Sometimes when I do that but then the image ends up looking flat.
How can I avoid making it look flat? Just wondering?
Ok I suggest not to start with a white canvas. Choose a mid tone instead. When you start with a white canvas you already have the brightest color in the painting. You can only go darker which makes it hard to determine values. If you start with a mid tone you can go brighter or darker which is imo very important.
ReplyDeleteSo in this case I would start with the sky color fill the whole canvas with it and start blocking in the rest.
The reason why your simplified shapes might look flat are the slight value changes within the shape that you might not be able to see yet.
For example in your first painting to the right side of the room there is a strong light fall off. It gets from light to dark. You kept the whole wall in the same value range. That's why the wall doesn't look lit and flat.
Nevertheless in your next one I want you to really try to find the right colors. It seems to me that you have some trouble with that. The yellow grass for example is very different from the color you chose. Instead of getting caught into details keep the simple shapes but try hard to nail the colors.
Ok, I'm going to complete the next painting tonight and focus on the colors.
ReplyDeleteThat makes sense what you said about the flatness and I'll start with a mid tone bg instead of white.
Should I use the color picker at the end to see if I was close to the color?
Thanks for the feedback!
Sometimes it's good to use the color picker just to check how off you are.
ReplyDeleteBut like you said. Only at the end as a check. :)