Different Mediums...
I know I said in the Prompt post that I wanted week 17 to be in graphite and/or colour pencil, but both Rosalie and CursedGirl have been using different mediums and created some good images. It would be too grumpy of me not to show them here, so first up is:
Rosalie
Rosalie has been doing a Zoom class in Botanical watercolour over the lock-down period and has submitted her study of daffodils for the Spring prompt. She say she is 'not a watercolourist' but I believe that Rosalie has a lot of potential with this medium. Certainly in the nature study/botanical format of watercolor which uses the detail and intense focus of realism that Rosalie enjoys.
These are very good studies, indeed! Rosalie has captured the shapes of the trumpets and the curled outer petals well. The half opened daff is particularly delightful. Excellent work Rosalie.
A very good book to consider purchasing is the 'Botanical Illustration Course from the Eden Project' I have a copy and can show you if we ever get back to class, but you may want to buy a copy before that can happen. It is quite comprehensive and I highly recommend this book. It can be purchased on line from Booktopia for a very reasonable price, although if you search you could find cheaper perhaps.
'Daffodil studies' by Rosalie
CursedGirl
CG has been exploring the digtal media with her latest works using the app Pixelart. Check it out on the link. This is a great program for creating computer generated works using pure squares (pixels) of colour. This drawing (yes, I think it is) has been created on CG's laptop and demonstrates well how to use hues and tones adjacent to each other on the colour wheel to create shape, form and shadow.
Pixel art has it's genisis in Pointilism, it is the modern day daughter using the 1880 theory of a work made up entirely of small dots - or pixel squares- of pure colour (further reading below if you are interested). When creating such a work, in paint, pencil or pixels, the artist must take into account the influence of the colours adjacent to each other. Placing differenct colours next to each other will affect how the human eye translates that colour, blending them together visually to create forms.
Pixelart is a great learning tool for this. I would like to see CG experiment with some complimentary or colours adjacent on the colour wheel , perhaps a bit of violet to the shadow areas of the roses and a bit of indigo to the green leaves and stems, change the background colour. Just to see what happens and how those colour additions and changes would affect how we see the overall colours.
Great work CG, a lovely composition. I hope we see more of your digital works.
'Pixel Roses' by CursedGirl
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