Study of a Photo from Naturama

30 minute painting based on ref:  http://naturama.tumblr.com/

Wow, a new study!

Not sure anyone will see this at this point. The blog has been dead since I started working full time and of course I'm schooling part time now too. With the lack of time I've had to keep up my art muscle, I felt it begin to atrophy. To counter this problem, I've just recently attempted to use the time I have for lunch at work to do some sketching. Today I decided to use the time to do this photo study so I thought I'd post it up. I didn't have time to finish it unfortunately but racing against the clock was half the fun! Cheers.

Tunnel

This picture was tricky but had fun with it. Thanks for the pic.

Week 29, cliffs and clouds

Hey everyone, first post and look forward to be doing more. Thanks for the photos, and hope to hear some feedback when you get a chance. thanks.

Week 32

All images are copy written by their respective owners. Please use only for personal study.

Wow, time flies! Week 29.

All images are copy written by their respective owners. Please use only for personal study.




Sorry about the continued MIA guys. I was offered a job and just moved to a new state too. Needless to say, things have been a bit crazy. I'll try to be more consistent with the photo posts and make some time for some studies of my own. Thanks for your patience!

Jeremiah Humphries post 2

Happy Friday all, here's my second contribution. This was much harder than my eye initially assumed, so I spent several hours on this, mostly focusing on lighting and texture rather than detail or proportion. For an enviro, it's easier to get away with that particular kind of sloppiness I hope. Let me know what you think if you've got a few minutes to spare. Thanks.

Skip a few...Week 22

All images are copy written by their respective owners. Please use only for personal study.







Wow, it has been forever since I have been able to sit down and post anything new. I will have more news on why that is soon but for now, sorry for the lack of posts on my part.

Aaron Wilkerson - castle

I used a bit of photo texture for the rocks, it saves a lot of time and makes it much more convincing. A tip: motion blur is useful for reflections in water.

Check it out!

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

All images are copy written by their respective owners. Please use only for personal study.

Week 15

All images are copy written by their respective owners. Please use only for personal study.

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

All images are copy written by their respective owners. Please use only for personal study.

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!

Week 13

All images are copy written by their respective owners. Please use only for personal study.