I used mostly the pastel set of brushes for this painting. First, I started with a pretty bright sketch, figuring out where the dark shapes would be. Then, I tried to figure out where the warm and cool tones were, working loosely and at a small scale so that I can get the basic colors and shape down. Then, I adjusted with a very small size brush, making the portrait more accurate to the photograph. The person in the photograph that I used as reference is somewhat arbitrary, but I wanted to pick a photo that had pretty prominent lighting.
In this portrait, I used the wet brushes. Similar to the first portrait, I worked at a small scale and with a large brush to figure out the space and the color variation of the photo. This portrait was a little bit more difficult because I didn't like the impasto brushes or the oil paint brushes. I tried to figure out the oil paint brushes, but it was so blurry and weird-looking, that I had to stop and go in a different direction. I used the calligraphy pen brush set, and just tried to focus on color mostly, almost like I was using a pallet knife and trying not to blend or smear. It's a different way than I usually work, but I really like how it turned out. I feel like I was channeling some Lucian Freud and Stephanie Pierce.
Lucian Freud
Stephanie Pierce
Also, here is my little pixel bat:
It's clear that you are having a lot more fun working with Painter. Your use of color is gorgeous, and the decisions to render the focal points of the pieces and leaving parts of it painterly really shows your experience with color and visually describing forms. These are definitely some of your most impressive work from this semester.
ReplyDeleteYour confidence and comfort with painting really comes through in these pieces. Watching the way you build up form and color in your process gif is really interesting too. Overall really good work, you should definitely continue using painter in the future.
ReplyDeleteI love how painterly it looks, it's something that I can't do myself because I have to have everything looking smooth, precise, and realistic. You were really able to capture the likeness of the people and it's obvious that you have a clear understanding of light and color. I really like the first one a little more because i think the streakiness and blurred effect really ads to the atmosphere of the environment she's in.
ReplyDeleteI think you really drew out the 'paint' part of Painter to make some really convincing pieces. Your style certainly is reminiscent of actual painting, which I think helps sell the pieces. The color variations, especially on the first piece, is just phenomenal. Watching your gifs, it was fun (and informative!) to see you move around the paint to get your final compositions.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy the diversity of your color palettes! It feels like you're using every color under sun, but somehow the paintings still look very unified. The painterly style is very beautiful (and makes sense with you being a fine arts major and all). I think the dry media portrait is more successful overall, but the wet one is still nice. I think adding something more to the background of the wet media artwork, even if it's just a bit more color, would really help the piece look concluded.
ReplyDeletethese are really awesome. i cant even tell that they were done digitally at all. i think you have a great grasp of the program. the only suggestions i have is to do something awesome with the backgrounds because some of them feel sort of unfinished
ReplyDeleteThat first portrait is gorgeous. I think that would look good printed on canvas and in someone's den. You clearly know how to convey expressions through minimal brushstrokes. I tried to use the oil brushes for mine in the style, but failed pretty horribly. The only thing I can say that might improve these paintings is maybe add a little more detail to the backgrounds. There are some large flat colored spaces that are a bit distracting.
ReplyDeleteI really envy the way you painted these. You have a very loose but accurate style, which definitely shows that you are a painter. I really love the way you rendered the backgrounds with blocks of color, and the way you handled color and lighting in general. It seems very natural for you. I can totally see the influence of Stephanie Pierce in these as well.
ReplyDeleteYou've got a fantastic grasp on Painter - it's makin' me a little jealous! These portraits in particular have a great sense of style, and the hard colorblocking is really working wonders in terms of rendering quality. Solid work!
ReplyDeleteIt's really neat to see your process in these - because the way you paint in painter is really similar to sculpting. I think it's neat to see you carve out some of the areas from large blocks of texture - and then refine as you go. You've got a really nice sense of lighting on these as well. I think I prefer the top one a bit more because the brush strokes feel really deliberate and confident and the lighting / color is really airy. i think one thing you could try on the bottom figure is seeing how you could treat the background with the same kinds of texture - I think the face looks really rendered and then the background seems a bit more like an afterthought. I'm sure that if you wanted to add some atmosphere- maybe by desaturating the background, or putting some air-space between it and the figure, that it would feel more like the figure is lifted from the background space, and the space would feel like it has a bit more depth. I think Painter is an awesome alternative medium for you! I'd love to see you use it in the future - it looks like you've got a really nice handle on the wet media.
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