Scene Painting: Stone Window
This assignment was, using a reference, to make a stone window. The window/glass section was less emphasized than the importance of understanding how to make realistic looking rock.
The initial step in this process was to draw the correct proportions of the window on the canvas, then draw randomized stones throughout the space that was left. The next step was to mix the right shades of paint for layering onto the rocks.
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From there, the process was to paint all the rocks the initial base coat of orange and watered down brown. Then, after about two coats of paint, I began with shading. First, I did the basic orange color that comes through for each rock before working around that with shading of a darker - near black - brown, and highlighting with yellow paint mixed with a hint of water. I did all of this with brushes and the sea sponge.
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As I was still learning, I didn't develop the best distinction of where the light was coming from for the highlights, but the focus was more so on emphasizing the stark contrast of light and dark in stone when presented with a light source. If I were to do this over again, I would keep one singular point of light for reference so the highlights on these stones look more uniform.
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The details of the window itself were not emphasized as part of the instructions, but I did work hard to maintain straight lines (when I was not mistakenly painting over them) with the basic white paint.
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After this assignment, I would say I learned much more about how to paint rocks, especially when dealing with analyzing the colors that exist within them in order to recreate a believable replica.