My Art Journey: A Weekly Journal #3
Added 2019-07-08 02:51:05 +0000 UTCI have recently made a breakthrough in my work and process! I've been struggling with my brushwork immensely and after consulting many art friends about it discovered what I've been doing wrong.
Essentially, I learned to paint by tiling, or blocking in these big shapes. This lead to me using a full opacity brush almost all the time, and gave me very sterile brushwork. I discovered that I needed to be working at around 50% or less opacity (after the initial block-in) using textured brushes and color dynamics to get the look I've been after. The results were immediate and awesome. Painting "Valkyrie" was some of the most fun I'd had painting in a while because I was no longer fighting between my hand and my brain! You'd think I'd have figured it out sooner, but here we are. I'm happy I discovered it when I did, because now I can go forth and start to enjoy my work again.
Always be sure to question what you "know" to be fundamental, because there is a good chance you learned something incorrectly along the way.
