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less is more
Dug a little deeper into the high key overexposed painting thing again this week. I’ve been wanting to do a portrait of Kevin, our other mastiff for a little while now. He’s such a sweet old boy. Had it in my head to do like a “night lighting” portrait of him. He’s blind, and his eyes have that cloudy look to them that i think could look cool in that lighting scenario. But then a…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Painting Oz, Cont’d
July 10, 2024 - Visuals create stories. This is my mindset when developing a painting. Not just for images, but for writing as well. Story, character, plot, background history, emotions, world building…all of it works together when generating new images. This approach works well when dreaming up paintings for classic stories, too, like The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I’ll describe what was going through my mind for each of the images below. To continue from where we left off, Dorothy is on her way with her strange companions to find the Emerald City, and ask the Wizard of Oz if he could send her back home to Kansas. Poppy Field For the painters out there, you’ll notice that the light from the sun comes from behind and strikes them low as they stand above it on the hill. This…
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