Week 4
(PV
students you will need to read last week’s blog to review what we did in class
this week)
This week we added the pier and I want to reiterate that
it doesn’t have to be the Redondo Pier or a pier at all or anything at all plus
it does not have to look exactly like the photo, I just used the photo as a
guide and put the pier in free hand, it does not need to be perfect and it
might actually look more artistic if it isn’t perfect. Probably the most
important thing is to be sure that you get enough pylons under your pier so it
looks safe to walk out on so with those words of caution go ahead and draw on
your pier or whatever you have in your painting.
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| Finished Torrance version |
The pier is basically in silhouette so you need to mix a
dark color with your indigo, sienna (burnt umber if you have it) and a touch of
purple, if you have Payne’s grey you can add that as well, you want a very dark
color. Be careful when you make dark colors that you add enough water that your
paint still flows free, if it gets pasty and you put it on your paper, it can
look strange, even shiny, if you have to go over it again it is better than
putting it on too thick. Be careful of the perspective as well if the end of
your pier is too small, it will look like it is a mile long if that is the
case, make the pylons longer (I think I have to do that with mine). As the
pylons come forward they will get thicker and a little further apart and while
most of them are almost straight up and down some do angle in a bit, don’t
forget the cross pieces and miscellaneous “stuff” that is under the pier, those
are just shapes they don’t have to be anything in particular but they are important.
I put that closer restaurant with the glass windows in my
foreground to make it look like reflections I took just water on my brush and
blurred out the background water before painting the trim of the windows in.
For the buildings and the areas where there is light from
the light poles that are on the pier I lifted the areas first, I added a little
bit of yellow where I wanted the light to shine but left the buildings as they
were after I lifted color.
When the areas were dry I added some windows and doors
and light posts along with railings and the suggestions of people on the pier.
Do not try to make it look like people they are way too small. They are just
“suggestions” of people mostly stick figures or dots and lines and that is it.
Remember to remove the masking from your stars don’t over work this it is too
dark to see much detail and you are done.
Torrance class be sure to have something you want to
paint with you in class, PV we will be working on the project for at least this
next week. See you all soon.
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| PV class week 2 |
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| PV wave demo |
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| PV sand and foam demo |
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| PV wet into wet foam demo |
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