Dean G’s 100-Day Digital Painting Challenge

[DeanGiberson]

Hi all I want to learn to “paint” digitally. I’ve been learning with graphite and pen and ink but always shy away from color. I will, for 100 days, work on a digital painting piece to learn more about the medium and force myself to work in color.

[DeanGiberson]

Day 1 – I’ve been working on this in 10-20 minute chunks for a few days. It’s pushed me well out of my comfort zone. Lots to improve.

 

[Bryan Mccabe]

Hello Dean,

Cool challenge. I am also trying to work with colors for my challenge. I am using oil pastels for the human figure. I am a beginner at this, but one thing I’ve discovered recently that might help you a bit is that the figure is often far more colorful than it appears at first glance. Lots more yellows, reds, oranges, and greens blended with the peachy skin color. I’m still trying to figure out how to use a lot more color and still make it look realistic. It’s a pretty difficult task. I’m looking forward to seeing your progress, and let me know if you have some good tips.

Bryan.

[Joshua Jacobo]

Great work. “Out of your comfort zone” is where the growth happens so keep it up!

[DeanGiberson]

Once I took a moment away I realized that I started cutting into the size of left eye. Repainted that. Looks much better, but still not getting the form correctly. I’ve also just realized that the shape of the nose is off and that puts the relationship between the eye and the nose highlight along the side in the wrong places.

its my negative voice now saying this is a painting of Nicolas Cage. Not quite what I was going for.

[LcdrKodias]

Hi Dean!

Yeah, proportion can be a pain to wrestle with. And I understand the negative voice all to well, as I’m sure others do. But keep on keeping on and things will start falling into place.

[DeanGiberson]

Day 3. Repainted the face starting with a focus on the big shapes and the more subtle colours. Proportions look much better now. I need to keep my attention on the eyes, I keep making them smaller.

 

• This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by DeanGiberson.

[Joshua Jacobo]

Nice work! I think it would be good step back and simplify your values. If those are piecemeal and you are also dealing with color it can be easy to get lost in the complexity.

[DeanGiberson]

Thanks Joshua, I’ve tried to pull the three values apart. It helps see the shapes a bit more. I had been being too conservative with my use of value space. Don’t fear the darks!

 

[DeanGiberson]

Day 5. Working on the eyes. I’m having some trouble getting the color and keeping the translucency of the eye. Something to work on.

 

[Joshua Jacobo]

Just gave you a badge for the 100 Day challenge!

[DeanGiberson]

Thanks you Joshua.

[DeanGiberson]

Day 6. I didn’t have a ton of time but made it important enough that I did at least something. I worked on the value & color of the eyes. The direction is not quite right, she’s looking up more in the reference but I’m okay with this interpretation.

 

[JJ]

Really like the expression! Brings the drama. Keep it up, excited to see where this one goes!

[DeanGiberson]

Day 7. Lots of blending around the eyes and adding in secondary colours in the shapes.

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