I tried to use the lighting in the reference. I think some of the values threw me a little because the colors were different. Also this took me over an hour. I should have picked something less detailed.
This one is definitely a lot more complex to figure out. You did a good job with the orange padding in front of the window. You stayed saturated in the highlights and you have a clear separation between light and shadow. You are losing that in all the other parts of the image. In the reference you have light colors. All shades of beige up to white which is why the highlights are bright and white too.
In your version you have darker shades of blue. Meaning the sunlight will create more saturated blue highlights instead of going into white. Also part underneath the orange matte should be the darkest white since it's getting the least amount of light. Right now it looks brighter than the window frames.The parts of the window frames that get hit by the light can be completely blown out to white since it's' reflecting all the light.
To simplify the setting you can also just remove some elements like the blanket or only do part of the image so you don't have so much ground to cover. That way you can focus on the important things without getting carried away.
Wow, thanks Goro! I didn't actually realize that the bottom of the window seat was brighter than the window frame. I see that now...but I didn't see that before. Ah, there would be more saturated blue hight lights in the pillows...I don't think I understood what the sun light would have done to the blue pillows in real life. I'll definitely try and simplify the painting next time.
This one is definitely a lot more complex to figure out. You did a good job with the orange padding in front of the window. You stayed saturated in the highlights and you have a clear separation between light and shadow. You are losing that in all the other parts of the image. In the reference you have light colors. All shades of beige up to white which is why the highlights are bright and white too.
ReplyDeleteIn your version you have darker shades of blue. Meaning the sunlight will create more saturated blue highlights instead of going into white.
Also part underneath the orange matte should be the darkest white since it's getting the least amount of light. Right now it looks brighter than the window frames.The parts of the window frames that get hit by the light can be completely blown out to white since it's' reflecting all the light.
To simplify the setting you can also just remove some elements like the blanket or only do part of the image so you don't have so much ground to cover. That way you can focus on the important things without getting carried away.
Wow, thanks Goro!
ReplyDeleteI didn't actually realize that the bottom of the window seat was brighter than the window frame. I see that now...but I didn't see that before.
Ah, there would be more saturated blue hight lights in the pillows...I don't think I understood what the sun light would have done to the blue pillows in real life.
I'll definitely try and simplify the painting next time.