need some critics for a color paint

[agrmrs]

hi friends :hugsmile: , i just tried to draw a color paint ...... honestly i haven't done a color drawing before in digital ...... so this was kinda testing :D .......what i need some critics and specially want to know that whether this one has a washout look or not.....thanx :)

http://i44.tinypic.com/8wjlva.jpg

[arenhaus]

1. The word is "painting", not "paint". Paint is what you apply with your brush, not the result of it.

2. Painting is, primarily, about lighting. You've made a colored line drawing here, essentially. To make it a painting, you should have focused on the light and shadows, not just on proper colors of the things.

[agrmrs]

1. The word is "painting", not "paint". Paint is what you apply with your brush, not the result of it.

2. Painting is, primarily, about lighting. You've made a colored line drawing here, essentially. To make it a painting, you should have focused on the light and shadows, not just on proper colors of the things.

thanx for the explanation mate ....... i have imagined the lighting and then painted ...... for shadows i put dark tones......thanx

[imnotanoob]

I think it needs more saturation, and yea it does have a washout look

[agrmrs]

I think it needs more saturation, and yea it does have a washout look

thanx mate ..... :) next time i'll use some saturate tones :)

[arenhaus]

agrmrs: "i have imagined the lighting and then painted ...... for shadows i put dark tones"

Ah. See, the light and shadow do more than change the darkness of the object. Light has color of its own; the environment diffuses and changes it so the shadows pick the color of ambient light. They aren't the same color, just darkened. If you are after a "painterly" style, your color choice should reflect that.

Likewise, the objects contribute to the painterly effect with their relative brightness and shininess. You paint skin, black hair, and a white robe - yet the shadows in the white robe are darker than those on the skin, and the black hair is only a little darker than the skin... all these things make your work look washed out and colorized, rather than painted. Relative values are the other things that make a painting, rather than a colorized drawing.

(BTW: *grammar Nazi cap on* capitalizing properly, using complete sentences and employing correct punctuation will make people take you more seriously. If you can't be bothered to take half a minute to write coherently, can you really expect people to give you time to critique your work?)

[agrmrs]

agrmrs: "i have imagined the lighting and then painted ...... for shadows i put dark tones"

Ah. See, the light and shadow do more than change the darkness of the object. Light has color of its own; the environment diffuses and changes it so the shadows pick the color of ambient light. They aren't the same color, just darkened. If you are after a "painterly" style, your color choice should reflect that.

Likewise, the objects contribute to the painterly effect with their relative brightness and shininess. You paint skin, black hair, and a white robe - yet the shadows in the white robe are darker than those on the skin, and the black hair is only a little darker than the skin... all these things make your work look washed out and colorized, rather than painted. Relative values are the other things that make a painting, rather than a colorized drawing.

(BTW: *grammar Nazi cap on* capitalizing properly, using complete sentences and employing correct punctuation will make people take you more seriously. If you can't be bothered to take half a minute to write coherently, can you really expect people to give you time to critique your work?)
thanx mate :)