Blocking for painting

[Lunatique]

Are you asking about blocking in initital lighting information, the general shapes, and basic color scheme? If so, it's really just using large brushes of flat colors to do a very simplified version of what your image should look like, and once the simple blocked-in version looks fine, you can start to add details.

[Gisaiagami]

My difficulty is to blocking the nose. I try to make a cylinder as form. Below darker and above with an illumination… But never I leave satisfied… the mouth my problem is to refine with the risks of the lip.

[Lunatique]

You simply have to learn to analyze the shapes and break them down into smaller sections. Study people in real life, study sculptures, take photos of people from all different angles and lighting situations..etc. A great exercise is to buy a cheap head sculpture at an art supply store, then set it up in your room and try to draw/paint it in different lighting situations. This will train you to obeserve how different lighting angles will interact with the shapes that make up the nose, lips..etc.

[Gisaiagami]

yes, I soon will go to buy. :thumbsup:
I tried to leave of a principle and to explain better what he happens. He sees the images:


image no adjust
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/8483/elf2semajustexf7.jpg

image adjust bright and contrast
http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/2976/elf1comajusteol0.jpg

I do not know if the color is relation, but the image alone appeared adjustments really after. This left me encucada. It wanted to make a realistic painting on of this image.

[Rebeccak]

Gisaiagami,

Maybe this tutorial will help you - in terms of basic blocking, the thing not to forget when painting is that the drawing is actually the most important. What Robert is talking about is absolutely true, you need to learn to break down major features in terms of their structure in order to effectively convey them. Check out this Tutorial (scroll down) and I hope it helps you: :)

TUTORIAL - General Principles of Anatomical and Figurative Art / Cross Hatching (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=374939)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=374939

I would also recommend trying out the exercise outlined in this Tutorial:

TUTORIAL SUMMARY - Anatomy Review 003 Shading Tutorial - Tutorial Material Only (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=351832)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=351832

Cheers,

-Rebeccak

[Gisaiagami]

thank you a lot :love:
I will go to try. But something curious. I have difficulty in monochromatic painting.
below some tests of simple refinement that I made:

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/3526/projecttwotemplate2ma3.jpg


http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4169/projecttwotemplate4pn4.jpg

I am start the exercise 1 in ps? or drawing?

[Rebeccak]

thank you a lot :love:
I will go to try.
I am start the exercise 1 in ps? or drawing?
You're welcome. :) You can start in either PS or traditional media - up to you. I think drawings that are scanned then painted tend to turn out better, it depends on the artist.

Looking forward to seeing your exercises. :)

Cheers,

-Rebeccak

[Gisaiagami]

i am crazy
i am start the exercie for link 1, but I do not know to the certainty if he is leaving as he had. I feel something strange in relation to this = /

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n193/gisa_iagami/cara.jpg

[Rebeccak]

i am crazy
i am start the exercie for link 1, but I do not know to the certainty if he is leaving as he had. I feel something strange in relation to this = /
Gisaiagami, heh, actually, the exercise I think you should try first is here:

TUTORIAL SUMMARY - Anatomy Review 003 Shading Tutorial - Tutorial Material Only (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=351832)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=351832

With respect to the above exercise, I would recommend that you draw yourself from reference. A lot of great free classical reference can be found here:

http://www.wga.hu/

Cheers, :)

-Rebeccak

[Gisaiagami]

I liked it excessively link it web gallery rebeccak:love:
I am seeing the exercise of the apple that is the first one I will go to try to make but black and white something is indeed difficult. Post here soon more :D
Thank you angel :bounce:

[Rebeccak]

Awww, no problem. :)

A really good demo of planes of the face (to study) is here:

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/287/2379/1600/clarkline_page.jpg

It's from Nathan Fawke's blog (http://www.nathanfowkes.blogspot.com/), really inspiring drawings and paintings. :)

[Gisaiagami]

Yes yes, wonderfull link
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Now I believe that also the error with my configurations of photoshop. I round use brush with hardness in 0%. I do not know if it is certain. I try to always leave to other dynamics on in pen pressure = I find that before everything it had to dominate tablet. Still I feel stranger with it.
Many thanks for the attention rebeccak :love:
I confess that before initiating here it was with fear for depending on google to say your language. I thought that they would not answer me. It was been deceptive. still well :bounce::bounce::bounce:

[Rebeccak]

Now I believe that also the error with my configurations of photoshop. I round use brush with hardness in 0%. I do not know if it is certain. I try to always leave to other dynamics on in pen pressure = I find that before everything it had to dominate tablet. Still I feel stranger with it.
Many thanks for the attention rebeccak :love:
I confess that before initiating here it was with fear for depending on google to say your language. I thought that they would not answer me. It was been deceptive. still well :bounce::bounce::bounce:
No problem! :) Sorry for so many links - but I think one more might help you, for beginners with tablets:

Digital Painting: Tips and Techniques for Beginners With David René, Matellis, LotekK (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=369421)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=369421

Ok, no more links for a while, I promise. :D

[Gisaiagami]

no problem ;)
a doubt. In a painting process. To paint over the colors would not leave the strange image? I am trying to make this in the sector of wips in my topic elfo. I find that the way to blocar improved but lacks to the nose… terrible nose
I am train de lessons in topics:love:

[Rebeccak]

no problem ;)
a doubt. In a painting process. To paint over the colors would not leave the strange image? I am trying to make this in the sector of wips in my topic elfo. I find that the way to blocar improved but lacks to the nose… terrible nose
I am train de lessons in topics:love:
Regarding grayscale to color painting, check out Steven Stahlberg's excellent tutorial on the topic: :)

Grayscale to Color Painting:
http://www.androidblues.com/JealousyStepbystep/jealousystep.html

[Gisaiagami]

More link More link :bounce:

I already see this tutorial one that it is excellent
But I have attemped to paint in greyscale without much affinity Really everything that has make in greyscale is very difficult = Is as if o.O did not obtain to define the things

[clicknroll]

I think you shouldn't take the human body as a rounded object.
treat it as cubic, and then round it by adding additional planes.

in drawing training, the very 1st step is the cube - it has 3 visible faces, wich covers shadows, midtones and highlights. if you understand these 3 principles, you can proceed to the rounded objects.. cylinder and sphere.
once you're mastering all these, the software becomes just a tool.

I would suggest to draw traditional for a while (pencils and paper), as long as some tablets are not so accurate and this can make a big difference.

cheers

[Blessing]

Regarding grayscale to color painting, check out Steven Stahlberg's excellent tutorial on the topic: :)

Grayscale to Color Painting:
http://www.androidblues.com/JealousyStepbystep/jealousystep.html


Hi, Rebeccak! I'm a begginer, as you know. I'm painting a quick sketch in grayscale to colorize it later, like Steven says in his tut. But I have a question, surely stupid: the color work, in the color layer and with brushes set to color or hue, must be done in several layers, isn't it? I mean, it's like "repainting", in someway? Well, I guess my question must be: Can you explain me more about de colorizing step? :)

Thanks a lot!

Regards!

Bless

PS: Oh, I can't find Steven's skin shader tut link. Can you give it to me...?

*Sorry for my bad english*

[Rebeccak]

Hi, Rebeccak! I'm a begginer, as you know. I'm painting a quick sketch in grayscale to colorize it later, like Steven says in his tut. But I have a question, surely stupid: the color work, in the color layer and with brushes set to color or hue, must be done in several layers, isn't it? I mean, it's like "repainting", in someway? Well, I guess my question must be: Can you explain me more about de colorizing step? :)

Thanks a lot!

Regards!

Bless

PS: Oh, I can't find Steven's skin shader tut link. Can you give it to me...?
Blessing,

Check out this Tutorial, which can explain things a lot better than I can: :)

TUTORIAL - Digital Paint for OFDW Caravaggio Master Copy - by DigitalSol (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=347853&highlight=digitalsol)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=347853&highlight=digitalsol

Stahlberg's Tutorials: (http://www.androidblues.com/howto.html)
http://www.androidblues.com/howto.html

Hope this helps. :)

Cheers,

-Rebeccak

[Blessing]

Rebeccak: This REALLY helps! Thanks a lot! I will try it! :)
Gisaiagami: I'm an awful begginer, so don't pay me so much attention. All I can say to you is that I was really afraid of painting in grayscale, too. But I found that's a matter of practise and, in fact, you could find it easier than painting in color. Grayscale is the first step, color is the second.
Did you made your drawings on paper or with a tablet? I'm asking you this because it's easier for me to work on paper. I just can't draw on the tablet, I'm terrible doing that.
I love to see your works here. Keep on going! And don't forget that you have a great guidance, and it's name is Rebeccak. ;)

Regards!

Bless

[Gisaiagami]

Hi
I draw in the paper. Tablet is something qu not yet dominates
Now that I learned “to block” I am with difficulty in refining. And to make certain parts as eyes and nose. The tutorial one of lynda is fabuloso, but simply I did not obtain to make that way.

[Blessing]

Hi, Gisaiagami! You can try with Katherine Dinger's eye tutorial. You can find it here (http://div.dyndns.org/EK/tutorial/eye/) It's an excellent tut. ;)

I hope it helps :)

Bless

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