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Hey guys, I thought this was kind of cool. Our own Jeremiah Humphries has been featured over at http://conceptships.blogspot.com/ Good for you Jeremiah!

Aaron Wilkerson

I chose this image to study because it poses many challenges painting artificial elements and it provided an opportunity to study ancient architecture.

Week 16

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Week 15

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Shipwreck

Not easy.

Misty city

I do plan to post more I just haven't been painting as much lately.

















Heres a study of the shanghai photo. A very low-contrast image. I dowloaded a nice set of bird brushes which I used for the first time here.

Sugestions

There has been a long bit of inactivity here and while I completely understand how difficult it can be to have the spare time to do extra study, I want to make sure I am making this place as accessible for each of you as possible. Personally, I would love to see more comments on each other's posts, more critiques, more encouragements, more time sharing about what you are discovering personally. Ultimately though, I just want to make sure you're getting the best opportunity to study and build upon what you already know. That said, I am open for suggestions if there are any. Are you finding the images I post too complex? Should I more often choose more simplistic scenes? If I started including reference for human and animal figure studies, would it be of interest or beneficial to you as an artist? Let me know in the name of improving this study group!

Cheers,
Ben

Week 14

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Ben Greene post 6

I keep having to remind myself that getting the colors spot on and getting everything just as it is in the photo is NOT what I need to be shooting for. Instead I'm shooting for the believability of the image and looking at how the color is interacting. I also didn't let myself use any adjustment layers except for an overlay to help make it a little darker. Doing that is really helping me stretch my understanding of the image.

Ben Greene Post 5

I try to challenge my understanding of color by not color picking from the photos I'm referencing. With this one though I decided to first explore the photo's pallet with the color picker window open, just to try and see how it was all working together instead of just guessing. After I studied the image like that I went about painting from what I'd learned but still without color picking for the actual study painting. I found this to be a great way to commit to memory what I was discovering while exploring the photo with the color picker. I'd highly recommend trying it for yourself if you already haven't!