Lots coming together. It took a couple days to detail the sky. Last time, I had used a combo of Cerulean and white for the clouds (see photo in last post). But, the clouds were too "blue." Afterwards, I went in with a fairly dry brush and added white on it's own to poof the clouds.
Doing the sky in the last couple panels took a while because I had already brought the figures and grape clusters to a greater degree of completion. Since I really don't want to rework them, I needed to be extra careful going around them.
I also opted to not put clouds behind the figures themselves. There's already a lot going on in that panel and it would be too busy overall.
After the sky, I went back over the mountains. It's time for the camera to do it's talking - to make clear any problems (as it always does). Of course, they are not "done." There will be layers of shrubbery, trees, and flowers that are so common to the Santa Maria hillsides. But, those are a top layer and will happen after the lower layers are completed.
Let the fun begin!
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| This is the "before" |
This evening I thought I'd go back to the first panel, the first place I started over a month and a half ago - the sky.
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| The "after" |
The first layer was just Cerulean Blue and white. Going back through it, I am using the original mixtures plus an added mixture of the Cerulean and Ultramarine Blue which takes it a step deeper and darker = more contrast. I work with 3 mixtures at the same time - dark, medium, and light.
I kind of thought I'd get through more panels this evening, but I only made it through the first two. But, this is my favorite part - I've got the basic color layer down, and now I can build and fine tune (OK,
one of my favorite parts).
I also completed the tractor study.
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