#colour saturation

So if you are wondering, I have recently discovered how to saturate my art, and I want to show that technique to the world. If you are wondering, you do NOT need to use Procreate to do this technique. Fun fact: I don’t own Procreate because my tablet does not support it. The app I use is called sketchbook. It is a great free alternative to Procreate and it should be compatible on any touch screen device. 

(Sketchbook app logo)

So I am going to use my Starkie drawing for this example. Here is what the drawing looks like without the saturation:

As you can see, there is more colour pop to it. It is not necessarily a bad thing because some drawings look better without saturation. However, I decided to saturate this drawing to give it a more aesthetically pleasing look.

To start, create a new layer to experiment with the way you want to saturate.

Next, use a brush. Don’t use any brush at full opacity. I would recommend using a darker colour, but not fully black. Any brush can be used, but my favourite brush is circled in the following photo:

Then, fill in the layer until the drawing is as saturated as you please. The circled layer in the photo down below is the layer I used my saturation for. 

Here is the final product, it looks super aesthetically pleasing in my opinion:

A frozen lake. The Lac de Taillères, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Who spilt the pot of paint?

I’m beginning to wonder about our penchant for embellishing photos. It is so easy to modified them. The one above looks like somebody spilt a giant pot of rainbow paint on it. The colours are so vivid they make my mouth water. Maybe the question should be: why did I choose to alter it? Well,…

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€ Universal zoning of colour<\p>

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Semi-Precious Gemstone Grading: Semi-precious gemstones are graded according in passage to the same system in commitment to settle the matter their value. It is very mighty in passage to understand and recount the grading before taking the purchasing decision by weighing uttermost the factors and deciding whether it is rare, very complaisant, good, clement or poor.<\p>

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