Painting Stopping Points - Painting Development

Unfinished Horizon - First Saved State

I have been talking about color-gradients - because that is what really got me excited about digital painting.  With a little bit of color choosing assistance, the computer could produce a color gradient smoothly and to my liking.

On top of this, I was able to figure out a way to paint with these gradients and overlap their translucency.  In the start above - these overlapping color gradients are particularly clear - and pleasing as they sit at this stage.

Second Horizon stopping point

Essentially this is more of the same.  I continued the overlapping, tightening up the distances, adding more passes, and mountains.  It is becoming more interesting without losing the original course.

A piece can be stopped at many different stages or taken in many different directions. We always try to choose the best path - whether there is such a thing or not.

See Also

• The Hindu : Magazine / Arts & Crafts : Connoisseur of the inexplicable
  Article about different paths an artist can take over career
• Outsider Art Exhibition Gallery
  Many artists taking different paths