Digital Painting: Discussing a Piece
Digital Medium, Gradients, Washes, Texture, Material
Afternoon Overlap - Digital Painting - 2005 - Landscape Art Gallery
This particular piece was successful because of the feeling it invokes - well at least in me. The overlapping of color is quite characteristic of the type of thing one can do using the digital medium. Not to say with washes, one can’t do similar things on canvas or directly on paper- but the gradients and transparencies overlap nicely using the computer.
This is actually one of the things I particularly like about using this medium. I have discussed the overlapping gradients at another time in this blog and will undoubtedly continue to do so.
It is one of the backbones of my painting technique and this particular piece shows it off.
The other thing I like in particular about this piece is how warm the texture makes it all feel. It is almost like the hills are made of material. And that is indeed how this particular view of the different colored lettuces growing on the overlapping fields made me feel. The mountains from this particular vantage point were all you could see behind the hills.
Though my approach is once again not all that literal - it does manage to capture what I experienced and create an image which I feel is also pleasing in itself.
See Also
- Photo Image of Fields and Moutains from Spain
I liked the image and it has a similar feel through photography - Farm Image - Sustainable agriculture - Klingerstown, PA
This image really has a similar feeling though photo and elsewhere - WetCanvas: Artschool Online
Quick introduction to washes
