hello, I changed the blue of the trees after Anne said about the contrast..I made the trees darker in the Photoshop.
With the dark blue it is a lot easer to see the house.
thanks Anne.
Hello my friends,
I tryed a first painting of background with gouache. It is a small painting 12 x 18 cm (I think it is 5'' x 7''), almost the size of a pocket book. Painted with Gouache (mixed Talens and Winsor & Newton) in Watercolour Paper Fabriano (hot pressed 100% cotton).
I am trying to undo the process of the original painting to find one for me. Would be nice to do a few more in this size before I go for a bigger and more complex painting.
all advices and critiques are welcome.
here are some steps that are more tricky:
the first step of painting I tried to find what colors were used as "base" in the original paintingit is possible if we look at the "border" (I dont know if this is the best word), sometimes it is not
that easy to find it out, but in this one it was very clear.
I have found some light yellow, yellow, ocre and light blue (maybe there were more, but I started with this ones).
another part that is a bit tricky is to make the tree and the brown part under it.. becouse it seens that the artist made the vegetation with the negative space of the tree and the bronw part.. I tried to do the same.
one advice that can be helpfull for the ones who want to try to paint with gouache (water color follows the same principle) is to begin from the back (sky and clouds) and go slowly moving to the first plane (characters).
it is harder to get lost when you folloow this order.
I hope you can understand, I am not used to talk about process of painting in english, tell me if it is cofused that I try to explain again.
tchau.
Sweet!!! Davi, that is truly gorgeous!!! I've never studied painting and color theory is a very weak area for me (can I still be in the Cartoon Colllege?) so I can't offer any critique. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteI have a couple of Ren & Stimpy background paintings I got as a gift from Bill Wray. (I'll scan them and post them if you like.) I was surprised to see that they were about 5 x 7. Probably studies before painting them larger.
Again, GORGEOUS!!!
hey cool background. i've never worked with gouache before. I work from the back too, layering everything on.
ReplyDeleteYou should make the trees in the back darker.
Hi Chris...
ReplyDeleteI would like to see this studies of background color..usually we learn more about the process looking at studies and color scktches than in paintings that are already finished.
Anne, you are right, the blue of the trees is a lot darker.. I just realized after a had finished and posted..
it is harder to copy from the computer than from a book.
thanks
cool, looks way better with the trees darkened
ReplyDeleteDavi, thanks for the tip to look for the colors at the edge of the painting. What colors of gouache did you begin with? Br'er rabbit and his scene seems like it should be darker in value, to pop against the saturated yellow. Try desaturating the reference to check the values. Could you perhaps print the image for study?
ReplyDeleteBy the way, your english is perfectly clear. Brazilians, Portuguese, and Song of the South are delightful, so thanks for sharing. I'd like to request some copies of Br'ers Rabbit and Fox :)
I think that you need to make the colors a bit thicker and flatter. Looking at the original ,it seems to get more water-colory towards to edge of the boarder, but remains a lot more solid elsewhere. Maybe if you painted more in solid shapes rather than starting off with a very thin coat and then you can add in the details. Don't make it completely dry, have a little bit of a water color look to it, because it isn't as flat as Mary Blair. I hope that makes sense, but it is a REALLY good painting!
ReplyDelete~Becky