use lot of that for the shadowed areas, and pale, glassy green for the log again, although in slightly different shades than those used to underpaint the water. good thing to do is choose your palette. My favourite colour for water is bottle greenthat deep, bluish green that some beer bottles have. The inset on the image above gives you an idea of what Im talking about, there. In this step, switched from hard Paintbrush tool to soft one.
If youre using Photoshop, just use the Paintbrush tool set to hardedged setting. Im using light and dark to suggest form instead. Here, am using hard brushes again, to refine the surface of the water. If you have look at some photographs of river water, it is never all one colour. You can always paint over them if they dont fit. If youd rather have more realistic result, you will need to use more volumetric approach. The infamous blob time. just leave holes for the foreground elements.
people will tell you not to do that, in case you change your mind. put my sketch on the topmost layer so that can switch it on or off as draw, and can always see it superimposed on my painting when want to. When you see the finished version of this image, you will see that there is no black OR white in it. Im using light and dark to suggest form instead. Here, am using hard brushes again, to refine the surface of your water.
Notice in the picture above that while the zoomedin shot left looks rather rough and brushstrokey, the zoomedout image is beginning to look nice and smooth. want sense of motion here, rather than convincing illusion. The area Im painting is going to depict rat floating down the river on log. have added some pale, pale white and blue highlights using small, hard paintbrush. The inset on the image above gives you an idea of what Im talking about, there. In this step, switched from hard Paintbrush tool to soft one.
If you are using Photoshop, you can use light and dark to suggest form instead. Here, am using hard brushes again, to refine the surface of the water. Im using deep brown and green for the log again, although in slightly different shades than those used to underpaint the water. You should also have at least some experience with whichever medium you intend to use, because this tutorial assumes your knowledge of basic terms and techniques.
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