Briggsy
PlanetFigure Supporter
Well then here goes the painting, I'll try to use some of what I've learnt reading threads on here, can't guarantee I'll get it right but it's a start.
The whole figure was primed with Halfords bog standard grey primer, I used to use the stuff from the pound shop but my mobility has deteriorated and it's easier to drive to Halford than walk into the town centre. Then 3 thin coats of an off white, in this case Vallejo Game Bone White, which ever it's easiest to put my hand on first
First the face,
Early days, colour mapped the face before starting to build up the skin tones, he looks a little washed out, I think I need to adjust my lighting, bright enough to paint too bright to photograph.
Next up I mapped shade into the primed figure, pretty odd colour scheme.
I have used green to shade red since my oil painting days, on the colour wheel it is the complimentary colour, it will take a lot of layering to start looking anything like. That is one lesson I have re-learnt, patience, I used to rush things far too much. The purple on what will be a blue jacket is another hang over from oil painting, the premise that there is purple in every shadow, also over painted with blue it will be richer than using black.
Adjusted lights, still the face is a little washed out but I don't want to put any more colour in it, it might look better in a photo but the figure would start to resemble Coco the clown! Hopefully you can see where the purple has added more intensity/saturation into the blue shade, this is only two thin washes of Vallejo Dark Prussian Blue, also the mammoth job I've set myself on the red trousers.
Any and all comments, hints, tips or down right insults are warmly welcomed.
Cheers Simon
The whole figure was primed with Halfords bog standard grey primer, I used to use the stuff from the pound shop but my mobility has deteriorated and it's easier to drive to Halford than walk into the town centre. Then 3 thin coats of an off white, in this case Vallejo Game Bone White, which ever it's easiest to put my hand on first
First the face,
Early days, colour mapped the face before starting to build up the skin tones, he looks a little washed out, I think I need to adjust my lighting, bright enough to paint too bright to photograph.
Next up I mapped shade into the primed figure, pretty odd colour scheme.
I have used green to shade red since my oil painting days, on the colour wheel it is the complimentary colour, it will take a lot of layering to start looking anything like. That is one lesson I have re-learnt, patience, I used to rush things far too much. The purple on what will be a blue jacket is another hang over from oil painting, the premise that there is purple in every shadow, also over painted with blue it will be richer than using black.
Adjusted lights, still the face is a little washed out but I don't want to put any more colour in it, it might look better in a photo but the figure would start to resemble Coco the clown! Hopefully you can see where the purple has added more intensity/saturation into the blue shade, this is only two thin washes of Vallejo Dark Prussian Blue, also the mammoth job I've set myself on the red trousers.
Any and all comments, hints, tips or down right insults are warmly welcomed.
Cheers Simon
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