Scene Painting: Wooden Door
This assignment was to replicate an image of a wooden wall and window. The main emphasis was on making the wood look not just realistic, but washed and somewhat used/old.
As with all of the assignments I had for this class, an emphasis was placed on understanding the colors needed for the piece and to match, mix, then utilize them correctly. Burnt umber was used, as well as a deep shade of green; those were mixed together as well as left alone in order to create dynamism and uniqueness throughout each piece of wood. Some heavily watered-down black paint was used for the shading in between each slab as well, because if it had been too dark a black, the contrast would have been too great, and therefore too unbelievable.
There were also shades of green used, mixed with elements of yellow, to get the highlights correctly on the wooden window. I also added light streaks of black and white to add realism, because if the window was used often, there would be cracks, runs, dings, etc., in the wood that might imply heavy usage and its presence being around for a long time.
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The brushes that I used for this project was mainly my thick wall brush, but for the finer points of shading and adding shadows (on the right side of and below the window), I used slightly smaller, round brushes with thick bristles as well as basic handheld paint brushes.
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I am especially proud of myself for this piece because I feel I captured the feel of this old, well-worn wood very accurately. I think my blending and imperfections (lack of complete uniformity in color, length, shape, etc.) of the wood makes it seem more realistic and believable.