Carrying on… I hope that my misery ends with my next plate. Yes, it might be a
bit tedious to hear me be like this, but come on! Who wouldn’t feel disappointed
with a crappy work especially in a competitive environment that I as a student
and a dreamer am expected to keep up with all these demands? That’s why I chose
to move on with this type of learning curve.
We’re still at the basics, charts to color mixing and the like. Let me show you some.This
was another of my basic plates, the challenge is, to render a cone, a sphere, a
cube, and a cylinder using watercolor and only the black ones is pre-mixed,
meaning I have to mix the other three secondary colors.
Shades and Shadow Plate (rendered)
Details: Watercolor on Canson Watercolor Sketchpad 12x18"
A tip I used one time when I was rendering monochrome colors like these, I used water-colored pencils to line out pertaining to the color I'll render on. Why? Because it would be cleaner than the ordinary graphite as the water blends out the line of the watercolor. Also, this method will help you not to stress about harsh lead lines caused by graphite pencils (It is also tedious to erase outlines that sometimes doesn't come off too). Example: I used lavander-colored pencil to fill out the Violet ones (Left).
Another of my basics is the one from my Color Theory
subject. Before we render rooms, we are taught to be accurate with color mixing
as if we’re color chemists. One of the plates I did back then was a designed
color wheel. I was really inspired by lace, roses and leather belts which
reflects on my design. I like that vibe of elegance, toughness and edginess which is my personality and style. The same design was also applied on my tints and shades
plate.
Themed color wheel plate
Details: Poster color on 1/4 Illustration board.
On the side note, I was about to do an arch of the
centuries-themed plate until I realized that my tape lining was not fit for it,
so I reverted back to my original plan. On to the plate, I am really color-crazy.
I am crazy in color-matching. I want all things to match up. In this challenge
I noticed that a lot struggled in keeping the difference in color as I saw some
of my professor’s notes on others’ plates. I was terrified at that point,
skeptic that I would, again, have a bad day because I let my indolence kick in.
Shockingly I almost got an Uno, but cleanliness failed me because some of my linings
taped off the paper and there are some lead lines that I can’t remove (See why I am pissed off with lead? Because that annoying thing happens).
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