Artwork Progression

 

This painting of Ardheim was one of the first I did using Noah Bradley's tips about perspective, colour and distance.  Custom brushes helped a lot, and as I painted the horizon fog in, I found the piece came together. It gives it a sense of depth.

 

 

I applied the same principled to this picture, but switched it up with a contrasting colour scheme. There is definate improvement.

 

In this picture I switched up where the light sources were. I also added figures to try and tell a bit of  story. All aspects of my painting have improved, I feel.  I added a lot more detail to the branches and foliage as well as managed to create believable figures without lots of detail.

I've also created several other pieces to this standard using the techniques I developed.

 

In the above piece I really tried to emphisize the depth of the picture not only with the light sources, but the blurring of the background. I also worked with reflections on water and translucent objects which allowed light to pass through them, such as leaves.

 

Here I experimented with lighting on clouds through space and creating realistic clouds. I feel it was a success.

Here I focused on shadows and light sources, especially with cool/warm lights and shadows.

Noah taught me that Cool light means warm shadows, and warm light means cool shadows, this is what I tried to apply here in order to create realistic looking fabric folds.

 

 

Overall I've seen a massive improvement in my artwork and feel my goal was achieved.