Mount McKinley

S1E2,  So this time I used different brushes it was pretty fun.  The blend was a challenge again but I think I got something going ... maybe?

A Walk in the Woods

It's been awhile but I'm back in business!  Been struggling doing art, finally took the initiative to start again!   And this time will get out of my comfort zone and do stuff I find interesting!

Going to start off doing the Bob Ross stuff because "you can paint anything!"  So here I am. Actually digitally painting Bob Ross is a bit of a challenge and not easy.  His technique is "wet on wet" oil painting and I'm not very good at digitally painting.  I need help.

Notes on the painting:  I removed the first painted tree.  The foreground tree was melding into it.  The yellow tree doting could have been better (only used one brush).  I had a lot of problems with enhancing the depth.  The foreground tree melding with the background one the yellows I did not know how to change (choosing the right value) to differentiate. 

Overall I tried to make some adjustments using blues to separate the elements.  Not very happy with the composition I didn't plan the elements correctly as I was just watching elements being plotted on canvas in the show.  I feel there's too much sky.  

I watched three vids on digital painting, quite helpful.  

 

Tips:

- using contrasting colours to define contrast (eg, using a blue don't shade in lighter or darker blue but add a little purple.)

- blending brush!  Make big solid colouring then blend.

- use one brush.

- don't focus on detailing.

- dark shadows bring out the light elements.

- (not used in this painting) reversing the image to see if it still looks good.

Mario Series Complete! 4/4

I may have rushed the details with this but overall as a whole it's satisfactory.  ha.

Tips:

- Gather reference!  Collect pictures of your subject.
- Draw the subject on the canvas.
- Brushes.. I have some crappy brushes that split when painting.  Detailing can be a nightmare.  So to remedy this wrap thread around the end of brush bristle base to keep the bristles bunched together.  Works fairly well :)

Pumpkins - Halloween 2016

Totoro and Charmander

Pro Tip:  To easily scrape off the skin of the pumpkin, score the skin with an exacto knife in a cross hatch pattern.  Then with a carving tool scraping off the skin will be much easier.

Create a new Wordpress local server using Webmatrix

I'm using this mainly for theme development

1. Download and install Webmatrix from the Mircosoft website.
2. Open Webmatrix and choose "new"

3. Search for Wordpress, change the site name then press "next"

4. Go through the install items.

5. Finish!

Mario Painting 3

This was an easier paint with mostly background and clouds.  3 down 1 more to go! Stay tuned :)

Yoshi's First Appearance

Mario paintings series 2nd of 4.  Took me a little longer to finish (on and off).  Mixing the various shades of green took the most time.  Overall fun to paint.