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Paint A Rocky Shoreline In Morning Light
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
- How to paint a complex group of shapes by simplifying
- Creating a sense of shape and form and space with minimal effort
- Use value contrast to create light
About This Lesson
This one is sort of a seascape but really features rocks in the shade and low morning light.
Rocky shorelines are complex and are challenging subjects. The need to show form and distance with many interconnected and overlapping shapes can be difficult.
This lesson shows how to simplify by focusing on essential changes in value and contour.
- Value Sketch 1
- Color Study 1
- OOPS! - Value Sketch 2
- Color Study 2
- Painting Intro
- Paint & Brushes
- Step 1 - Initial Mid and Dark Value Layers
- Step 2 - Develop Light & Form
- Step 3 - Details & Refinements
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
DOWNLOAD : THUMBNAIL LAYOUT
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
DOWNLOAD : THUMBNAIL LAYOUT
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
DOWNLOAD : THUMBNAIL LAYOUT
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
DOWNLOAD : THUMBNAIL LAYOUT
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
- Paper – Arches 140lb Cold Press paper
DOWNLOAD: DRAWING LAYOUT AND FINISHED PAINTING
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
- Paint – Some unusual colors in this group: Cerulean Blue, Cadmium Red, Quinacridone Deep Gold, Indanthrene Blue. If you don’t have all of these, here are some more common substitutes: Cobalt Blue for Cerulean; Ultramarine Blue for Indanthrene; Raw Sienna for Deep Gold
- Brushes – Large, Medium and Small Rounds and a Rigger