Watched Tyler Edlin's Color and Light class on harmony to other night with friends and tried to put the knowledge we acquired into practice! I don't think I'm quite there yet but I liked fleshing out the colors for my previously B/W sketch of my OC Qinghua (清華) - ThreadSky

cyrabaine.com • 18 days ago

Watched Tyler Edlin's Color and Light class on harmony to other night with friends and tried to put the knowledge we acquired into practice! I don't think I'm quite there yet but I liked fleshing out the colors for my previously B/W sketch of my OC Qinghua (清華)

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throughdianart.bsky.social•17 days ago

I am so happy to see you sharing your process and iterations and having fun with it! I agree that the pink parasol looks excellent.
Sometimes, you gotta see the options to really decide, but at least digital makes it mostly pain free

cyrabaine.com•17 days ago

It helps to get a fresh set of eyes to help point out things in your own work that you might not previously realize. I've had a habit of keeping WIPs close to my chest (fear of being judged) the past couple of years but honestly it's been freeing to share more casually with people! 😌❤️

elhyana.bsky.social•18 days ago

This looks really good!!

cyrabaine.com•18 days ago

Thank you so much!

elhyana.bsky.social•18 days ago

You're welcome Cyra 🥰💖

cyrabaine.com•18 days ago

What I gathered from the harmony module is:
- Apply the theory of 'most/sum/a bit' on temperature, value, and intensity
- Determine the temperature, mood, and color palette before you start!
- You don't want your colors to be too random/united; you want unity with variety as a good middle balance

cyrabaine.com•18 days ago

When I observe it in practice, while I did choose opposite colors on the spectrum, the distribution of the colors are too even that this it's not giving that dynamic feel to the piece just yet (points to the first point). I might double down on the pink/reds to bring the colors out more 🤔

cyrabaine.com•18 days ago

I tried unifying the blueish greens-yellows so the pink focus of the piece is much more pronounced. I will be honest, actually thinking through your paintings is a fun process hahaha

cyrabaine.com•18 days ago

Let me know which one of these you prefer/like more!

whitemanedesign.bsky.social•18 days ago

It depends on your intent here. If you intend her to be as important as the landscape then having the blue green bounce so high and pushing her back in the scene is the way to go. If she is more important then set the bounce much lower and go more with the first.

whitemanedesign.bsky.social•18 days ago

It's similar with the umbrella, although I think personally I would treat that element as more of a storytelling device. The green is reminiscent of the lily pads at her feet, it would suggest she is connected to the land she walks. The red suggests a different tale.

dunesday.bsky.social•18 days ago

Ooh love how these are coming, out!! really nice!!! Personally I prefer the first one, the character and colors feel more harmonious with the composition, and helps it/ your character pop more to my eyes, both up close and at a distance, but its a hard choice 💖💖

cyrabaine.com•18 days ago

Thank you, Dunes! I took a liking to the red pop of the umbrella too hahaha

cyrabaine.com•18 days ago

After suggestions, I ended up deciding on this color key for this piece! Once again I'll emphasize that THIS is what progressing through an artwork looks like: LOTS of iterations, trial and error, of what works and doesn't through the subtlest of changes! And help from friends along the way! 😆❤️

irageneve.bsky.social•18 days ago

I feel like the dress having some blue is definetly helping with making it feel more real, but I loved how much she stood out with the pink umbrella. maybe a combo of the two?

amazing notes and beautiful piece, ty for sharing!

cyrabaine.com•18 days ago

That's true, thanks for the nice observation! I think the initial problem was that the pink/green are too sectioned apart that they feel like separate elements but giving the bottom part of her dress a blueish-green bounce light blends her in. Green umbrella definitely would drown the vocal point 😁

milkywaybnuuy.bsky.social•18 days ago

AWOOOOOO

cyrabaine.com•18 days ago

WHEEE 🎨

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