I love the daily spitpaints challenge. As more time passes, the more I'm having fun doing these. I'm basically drawing everything I've wanted to draw but was afraid of "messing up" before.
I try to use contrast more, since that catches attention much better than flat colors. The final lights glow is a color dodge layer set to very low opacity.
The smog is a layer set to screen, then I masked some areas to blend it better.
I've posted a little extra these couple of days, but from tomorrow I'm back to making 1 post per day :)
I don't like postponing posts, because then I'm always "catching up".
The best way to paint fast is to get good reference in the first 5min. Then Use 100% opacity brush to pain shapes. The overall composition has to catch the eye, concentrate on foreground, midground and background layers. Use atmospheric perspective to your advantage. Everything gets lighter and softer the further away it is. Remember where the light sources are, preferably use more than 1 source for a dynamic scene.
Ref: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/22588435605318174/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/439241769900878400/
The overall scene is blurrier than my other drawings, but as the theme is smog and blurriness fits for the theme. I try to look at the thumbnail of the drawing to see if it looks interesting. All of these sketches are useful for practice and I can potentially use them in the future to make more detailed paintings.
It has been 3 days since the last sketch:
I recommend checking it out if you'd like to see more of my process, since I use similar process for all of these quick sketches. Reference>Shapes>Colors>Lights>Details
A Giant Frog- Art Process+ Short Story
My last post is to help increase comment engagement :)
You don't need to upvote or share to participate in that post. You just comment what you'd like me to sketch for fun.
