Week two of the workshop detailed the techniques of painting in black and white to capture Value and then, add a color layer over the black and white painting as a Digital Glazing.<\/p>\n
It was very inspirational to see how far everybody progress just by watching a few video tutorials.<\/p>\n
A couple of things I picked up during this week :<\/p>\n
– Don’t get discouraged when the painting is ugly and wrong. It will stay wrong for a long time but eventually things work out. Don’t give up before they do.
\n– Work on a small size with large brush early. Things all into place a lot easier if the painting looks good at smaller scales.
\n– Use few brushes (one) and few colors. Limitations increase creativity.
\n– What made a huge difference was the selection of a brush with the right properties (sharp edges on the outside and soft transparency along the flow of painting).
\n– Nail the eyes, nose and lips early. The rest of the painting can be very forgiving if the facial expression is just right.
\n– Keep turning the color layer on and off as you go to make sure you don’t lose the Value you blocked in black and white.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Week two of the workshop detailed the techniques of painting in black and white to capture Value and then, add a color layer over the black and white painting as a Digital Glazing. It was very inspirational to see how far everybody progress just by watching a few video tutorials. A couple of things I picked up during this week… <\/p>\n