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    Draw 50 Things - I "think" I did it...

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    • Wendy Plybon
      Wendy Plybon last edited by Wendy Plybon

      Ok, so I started adding color. I'm going to show how green I am because I have zero confidence adding value and color to my drawings. I did do value thumbnails and such but implementing them larger scale is intimidating to me... Here is my progress so far and I want to know, am I pushing my lights and darks enough? Do I need more contrast? Or should I wait until I have color on the rest of the drawing to fiddle with it too much?
      0_1498005807261_Draw50Things_ColorProgress.jpg

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      • MOO
        MOO SVS OG @Wendy Plybon last edited by

        @Wendy-Plybon I really like it. I always end up touching up and changing my values in layers when I do watercolor. I'm not yet a digital artist so I don't know how that works but it seems like it would be a similar process. I start with light colors to get a feel for it and to be able to distinguish the objects better, and then start adding darker shading or brighter accents, etc. to that. Great job! I still need to do that challenge (properly) myself.

        Marsha Ottum Owen

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          Felixius @Wendy Plybon last edited by

          @Wendy-Plybon OMG Wendy...IF you are green... I can say that I am a seed... looking great!

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          • aska
            aska last edited by

            Nice colors!

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            • Wendy Plybon
              Wendy Plybon @MOO last edited by

              @Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen Thank you. I don't work digitally either. I'm too in love with traditional mediums. ☺ I've been working in layers and slowly pushing the contrast on each piece. I think I need to get the color on the rest of the piece though to get a better idea of what really needs to go where. I keep trying to remind myself, I can always go darker, but I can't always go lighter.

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              • Wendy Plybon
                Wendy Plybon @Felixius last edited by

                @Felixius Haha Thank you. I just haven't really done a scene this complicated before. 😊

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                  MOO SVS OG @Wendy Plybon last edited by

                  @Wendy-Plybon Oh! It looks so perfect and uniform I thought it was digital! Wow, beautiful!

                  Marsha Ottum Owen

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                  • Wendy Plybon
                    Wendy Plybon last edited by

                    Finished (I think)! Let me know what you all think! Does it need any tweaking? I feel like maybe the right foreground could be a little darker, but I also think I have stared at it too long and would appreciate a fresh perspective. Any advice would be welcome!!

                    Thank you, @Will-Terry for the challenge! Working through this from start to finish was definitely challenging. I definitely learned a lot and it makes me appreciate how much work goes into something like this that much more. And I'm already planning another one. 😃

                    0_1498683535777_Draw50Things_Final.jpg

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                      MOO SVS OG @Wendy Plybon last edited by

                      @wendy-plybon Awesome!

                      Marsha Ottum Owen

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                      • Will Terry
                        Will Terry @Wendy Plybon last edited by

                        @wendy-plybon It turned out really nice! Great work!

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                        • Wendy Plybon
                          Wendy Plybon @MOO last edited by

                          @marsha-kay-ottum-owen @Will-Terry Thank you!

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                          • Leontine
                            Leontine last edited by

                            You did it! its a piece to be really proud of!

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                            • aska
                              aska last edited by

                              Fantastic!:)

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