Chosen topics:
- Depict certain weather condition or atmospheric condition
- A Landscape or Cityscape
Weather condition / Atmospheric condition
Thumbnail Sketches
Still deciding on subject matter but most likely urban with some buildings.
Master Studies
I want to try painting buildings with evening lighting. I did some master studies of Alvaro Castagnet and Frank Webb’s work. I think the main issue was that I was too scared to go in with more pigment and tend to dilute a lot of the colours with water, which fades after drying. And also because of the that the value structure is slightly off too after drying.
Colour planning
Have yet to decide on the composition but here are some colour variations that I tried out using one of my thumbnails. I tried to use Frank Webb’s approach of tinting the paper first but I think I layered too much for the colours to show through and also the base colours were weak to begin with.
Landscape painting
Thumbnail Sketches
Colour test
Only did one colour test so far, still figuring out composition and the mood that I want. Here I attempted atmospheric perspective with milky greens for the background. I think there needs to be a greater jump in values for the atmospheric perspective to work. Have yet to do master studies.
References
Mainly for their composition.
Week 9 – Interior Space
Good copy studies. So take note of the color and the variation of hues both in the dark and in the light areas. That will enhance your range of colors.
For the color study of the orange / purple paintings, the left colors are quite nice. The right one you may vary the range of purple and blue in the dark to enhance the variation of hue. Both are nice.
The landscape, need to pay more attention to the shape design. The tinted colors are nice. They are slow and comfortable. And you have found a wide range of transition. Good.
The last painting outside Starbucks Coffee, you isolated the shapes too much. Now you have the skills to connect the colors and shapes.