Late February Report Part 2: Mt Barney

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Here are the second set of images for late February.

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1. Pencil sketch

2. Base coat

3. Pencil on watercolours

4. Increasing contrast with watercolour paint

5. More rendering

6. Areas of removed paint

Final: indoor lighting

Final: outdoor lighting

Late February Report Part 1: Daisy Hill

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Not all water colour images work out as well as you might hope, my most recent illustrations both being quite troublesome.
In these studies I tried to prioritise contrast in the hope that it would add depth and and framing to the images. While a sense of framing was achieved I need to make sure that accuracy to the photography does not come at the expense of depth, as shadows in photographs can be misleading when deciphering form.

DAISY HILL STUDY

Reference image

1. Light pencil and base watercolours

2. Aquarelle sketch

3. Watercolours

4. Pencil on top of watercolours

5. More rendering

Final: outdoor lighting

Final: scan

Final: digital editing 

Another issue I seemed to face with these images was the smothering of the pencil under the heavier watercolour paint. This ended up wasting a lot of time but should be a helpful lesson for future works! 

Depiction of water is also in need of further practice!

Digital editing too!

This is getting a bit long so I will post my second study in the next post. 

Mid-February Report Part 2: More Water Colours

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For my second watercolour test I decided to document the process more thoroughly. This image was done in a very similar way to the first, with a light wash and a build up of colour all done with Aquarelle, watercolour pencils. I had a rather hard time with this image, especially in rendering the background foliage as I didn't know what I was meant to be drawing. The framing I used was also rather square and ended up squashing the composition. To top it all off I seemed to struggle greatly with the grass, the strokes being too wide and unconvincing. 

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For this final image I added a bit of contrast on Photoshop. I would like to experiment with this a bit more later on!