2 Small Paintings - Under the Surface & Reflection
Added 2021-02-26 18:10:37 +0000 UTCHi peeps,
I finished 4 new small paintings this week and wanted to share the first 2 with you! (the next 2 will be up in a day or two).
All these little pieces are exploration/study exercises for what will hopefully become bigger paintings at some point.
The final pieces will likely look very different from these, but this process allows me to iron out some kinks and try out various options before jumping into something more ambitious.
"Under the Surface" was probably the trickiest of the 4 paintings I worked on this week.
Painting the scaled creature's back breaching the surface of the skin was a huge challenge, and I struggled with the texture and look of the scales for a while.
One of the difficulties with this idea was making the skin look somewhat fluid and translucent, as well as translating the fact that the creature is supposedly much larger than the body of the character could "realistically" contain.
There are a number of things I would want to work on before I ever turn this into something bigger and more complex, but this was a very interesting beginning.
My goal with Reflection was to have the shards mimic the look of glass, which was tricky to achieve, but was also a very useful exercise to practice.
I now feel more confident I can complete that effect in a bigger piece, although I might do a few more studies of transparent objects at some point.
I will have a couple more posts for you before the month is over, but in the meantime, I hope you are all well :)
Take care and speak soon! <3
Comments
Thank you very much Megan :)
2021-03-01 11:41:17 +0000 UTCThanks Katherine,!
2021-03-01 11:41:09 +0000 UTCThanks Philipp :) I definitely connect with that one!
2021-03-01 11:41:00 +0000 UTCThanks Alice! I'm glad your found the information interesting!
2021-03-01 11:40:45 +0000 UTCOh I love that! I might try that next time! Thanks Diana ;)
2021-03-01 11:40:24 +0000 UTCThank you so much lovelies <3 I hope you are well!
2021-03-01 11:40:00 +0000 UTCThanks Jeske! I'm actually working on a Skillshare course to explain how to paint a translucent effect :) I hope to publish it this year!
2021-03-01 11:39:47 +0000 UTCBoth concepts are very nice! I love the way you made the shards in the character's face of Reflection look so translucent. That's something I'd like to learn to do as well at some point. And I wonder what 'Under the Surface' might bring for the future.
2021-02-28 19:47:12 +0000 UTCSo relate 2 these Ur art is amazin beyond words -Bounce/Tigger
2021-02-28 05:06:36 +0000 UTCI love these, they are stunning! I think to convey that the creature inside is larger than the body, it could maybe help to extend the "opening" so that it overflows the back of the girl to the side in one place, or on both sides.
Diana
2021-02-27 09:12:51 +0000 UTCThey are gorgeous and your explanations are very interesting :)
Alice LARCHET
2021-02-27 09:05:41 +0000 UTCwow these are really good, the mirror one is really striking!
Philipp Lehner
2021-02-26 18:44:51 +0000 UTC
