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Painting in the background is an important step for having a thing to base your values off of. Without this, it is difficult to exactly understand how dark the light values should be.
Please follow along with me and post your progress here.
Reference provided in "Grid Drawing" lesson in the course.
I see the shadow under the lip connecting to the jaw shadow. Looking at yours, I may have to revisit that. I've chosen to make the back of the head (hair) a lost edge. Let's see how that pans out!
I wasn’t sure about the area under the lower lip and extending into the shadow side of chin. I see you have left some of that in halftone, but I decided to keep it in shadow for now since the reference (on my screen, at least) seems decisively dark. Could it go either way?
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11mo
Yes, it could go either way but I think you made best choice
Put the background in but figure it needs adjusting once I have more values in and things relate better to each other
I assume that once I begin with the light value and moving into half tones it would be ideal to paint wet into wet. What do you suggest I use if the paint dries in some areas or in the case I don't get back to it before it dries?
I really like the “guardrails” of having just 4 colors to mix from. Makes things feel cohesive!!
I wanted to get some lighter tones in the background where my subject is darker so added some flesh tones and ochre. Quite enjoy the care free nature of applying the background.
Squinting and the ruler aren’t new favvy tools
Ethan done with the background...color mixing is still a trial for me - I will say that my alizarin crimson which is Grumbacher brand is very oily and very transparent, but it was what I already had at home. Ear still needs correction as we move forward.
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11mo
a good beginning. I hope your average dark is dark enough though.
I like your teaching style. Learning a lot: like keep the lights and shadow colors separate (opposite of what I thought was expected/getting them close) And don’t use a light color as a shadow side highlight. I’m sure I’ll pick up more by going back through the course when I’m less eager to get brush to canvas. Patience is not my strong suit.
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compare more. rapidly looking at the reference and your painting, at this stage. Look if you can spot anything where your drawing is off and keep that in mind at you now put in the average light. Use the average light like an eraser to make your drawing more accurate. This is not a race. take your time.
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1yr
Very good. when you start the next stage use the average light to make any refinements you see necessary to get at accurate as you can.
