#technique study

THOUGHTS UNDER CUT AGAIN

He gets it. He's a scientist.

These are the brushes that I used. Default "Soft Blend", "Round Brush", and "Flat Brush". Plus a version of the Flat Brush that I added a taper to, and a version of the 6B Pencil that I messed with "grain" for (scale, depth, brightness properties). Note: my custom brushes take up stupid RAM. Pencil Baby laggs soooo bad.

Fill a layer with low opacity color

Erase where the light hits (or less pigmented areas. I couldn't decide.)

Add detail with the darkest mix of the layers (purple in this case) and light.

Paint every color that isn't there already…See, this is why I told me not to word this like a tutorial. It's just misleading. But did me listen? Noooooo.

More babbling below the cut ⤵

returning to the classics

So...if anyone is still interested in my art, this is what I’ve been working on. 2-3 weeks of about 30 mins a day most days....trying the burnishing technique with colored pencils for the first time. So. Many. Layers.

If anyone remembers the beautiful, Van Gogh like pictures we got of Jupiter a few years ago...this is being done off of one of the photos. The top section will be from another one of the photos.

original by @cardo-de-comer

thoughts under the cut