WATERMEDIA LANDSCAPE PAINTING – PROCESS AND FINAL

For the final image, I decided on painting an abandoned interior space, using different colours to portray severely different moods within the same space.

Reference image:

The specific reason behind paintings of abandoned places was because I wanted to experiment with textures as well as lighting contrast. My goal was to emphasize the shafts of light pouring through the holes in the dilapidated theater

Colour studies:

I did small colour studies to determine the composition as well as the shape design. In my opinion, the orange one worked best but the tones could use some work as not all mid-tones have been identified.

These studies were mainly dedicated to the day painting so i decided to do another one for the night painting , mainly to decide on colours:

Final paintings:

DAY PAINTING

In the end, I decided on using a palette based around greens, yellows and browns to bring out the green mossy environment.

NIGHT PAINTING

To bring out the difference between the day and the night painting, naturally the night painting should be darker but instead, I opted to use a blue undertone and a much more intense and darker shadows.

COMPARISON BETWEEN DAY/NIGHT PAINTING