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Marco Bucci began serious study of art when he was 19. He began with drawing fundamentals for 3 years before discovering a love for painting.
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In this lesson, we apply a complementary color palette to a full environment. Using just two opposite colors on the color wheel, like orange and blue, you will learn how to establish a warm light source and cool shadows for a realistic outdoor lighting effect. Limiting your color choices allows you to focus entirely on getting your values right. We walk through blocking in local values, defining light direction, and using ambient occlusion to separate forms without relying on harsh outlines. You will also see how to add reflected light and subtle color temperature shifts to make a simple two-color painting look rich and believable.
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A complementary palette uses opposite colors on the color wheel, like yellow and purple, for dynamic paintings.This demo will show you how to do a complementary palette color study from start to finish. Starting with a sketch, picking your complementary colors, and building your painting by exploring different saturation and value levels.
heyy this is my first painting ever, i use airbush of IbisPaint on this a lot so it looks a bit blurry. if possible, can you leave some comments on how i can better this drawing
Gave complimentary colors a try. Still trying to feel my way between warm and cool colors especially the way they affect local colors.
I really don't how you manage to make yours so complex and detailed. When I paint different saturations and values for that extra "juice", it just turns into a mess.
1. Painting along with Marco's demo. 2. Studying with a different complementary palette. 3. Another different palette. This time I tried to change the light direction.
