#ARTRAGE 5 ABSTRACT TOOLS PRO#

I did this at the same size as the reference photo so I could quickly go back and forth with my eyes to check for вЂњdifferencesвЂќ. In the sketch below, IвЂ™m very loosely starting to establish where my dark areas will be. I use it for traditional and digital painting to determine value. An invaluable tool to help with this is the Gray Scale & Value Finder. Our brains do an excellent job of filling in details for us if the values are correct. If your values are correct, you can do a lot less detail work and still have the painting read almost photographically. One of the biggest challenges for any artist painting realism is getting your values right. Tip 3 For Painting Silver вЂ“ Be Aware Of Your Values I also know I can correct even more when I start painting, so I wasnвЂ™t worried too much about it. You can see that IвЂ™ve started to correct it in the sketch below. In the drawing above, the вЂњhipsвЂќ of the teapot are off slightly which could have made my study look distorted had I not corrected for that.

Again, a proportional divider would come in handy with painting digitally on the iPad app and is terrific for checking shapes when drawing on canvas.ДЄ thinner width on the teapot wouldnвЂ™t have thrown off the realistic quality of the painting in this instance, but I corrected it because viewers would be able to see the difference from the painting compared to the reference photo. If something is off proportionally, then that mistake will make everything seem wrong in the final painting. Getting the drawing accurate is very important in making your reflective object look real. In the image below, I noticed that the width of the upper part of the pot was not thick enough, so I had to go in and correct for that. Tip 2 For Painting Silver вЂ“ Continually Check Your Drawing Next, I started roughing in the angle of the spout and lines on the lid (below). Plus, itвЂ™s fun.Д«elow IвЂ™ve started connecting some of my initial marks to create the shape of the pot. If you love the look of oil painting and like digital art, this program has you covered. There is also a Lite version of the program that is very feature-rich, but at a lower cost. It is very robust and a lot of fun to play in.

ArtRage has desktop versions of the program where you can bring in grids and guides to help with your drawing. You could also use a proportional divider which would be much more simple. There are many methods for drawing your subject, so choose the one that works best for you.ДЄbove, IвЂ™ve roughed in a center line and am using my Apple Pencil and thumb to transfer measurements from the reference photo to the canvas. As you can see in the screenshot above, IвЂ™ve made my canvas and reference image the same size so I can get the proportions sketched in easily. IвЂ™ve mentioned the sight-size method in other posts for drawing and painting. Tip 1 For Painting Silver Objects вЂ“ Using The Sight-Size Method For Drawing If you are a digital artist and not wanting to draw but want to get to painting straight away, you can import your reference image to trace. If painting traditionally in oil or acrylic, I would start with a charcoal sketch. The method I use digitally is identical to how I would approach traditional painting, minus the mixing of paint.ДЇor this study, IвЂ™m using a traditional approach by drawing the teapot freehand with the pencil tool.

I seem to have trouble getting good photos of my physical paintings and taking screenshots of my progress on the ArtRage app makes things much easier.

#ARTRAGE 5 ABSTRACT TOOLS PRO#

IвЂ™ve done a few studies in acrylic which IвЂ™ll review later, but this step-by-step tutorial is done using ArtRage on my iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil. Painting silver objects or shiny things can seem very daunting at first, but when you break the reflections down into abstract shapes, itвЂ™s is much more manageable. When I took up painting again a little over a year ago, I found myself wanting to paint reflective surfaces for some unknown reason. In todayвЂ™s article, IвЂ™ll be going over 9+ tips and tricks for painting silver objects.

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