My last article here was on big picture thoughts from creating the recently released Marvel Masterpieces 2020 set. Today I’m going to talk about my actual painting process. Prior to anything that you see in this video, there’s already been much thought and effort put into designing the piece and photographing a model. I wanted to focus here on the actual execution of the final art.
Watch the video here:
This was amazing to see. Your painterly style is so captivating and sublime!
Thanks for sharing the process!
Super insightful video, thank you for sharing that!
Seriously loved watching your process and observing how you solve problems I’ve been struggling with in my own work. Makes me excited to sit at my easel and get painting.
I have a question on pigment and color handling. In the video a lot of the yellows take on a greenish hue, not surprising since they’re right alongside bluer pigments and I assume there’s some wet into wet mixing happening on the canvas. But in the final those colors are a lovely orange with no hint of green. Is this because the white balance of video is off? Or do you change the colors between the original painting and the digital photo you submit to the client that drastically?
Thanks! Yes, I’d say that’s due to whitebalancing from the gopro. I do tend to push my contrast a bit in the digital file, but colors I try to keep as true as I can
I didn’t expect the piece to be so small.
Very cool! I personally suffer from translating my drawing into a painting and really need my color sketch to more of the work that the drawing does. in the final. This might be a solution!
1. Can I ask the projector you use? I’m curious if it projects your sketch or if you have to photo the sketch and make it digital for the projector.
2. What was the point of a red middle tone In the sketch? Why not just black and white on a grey ?
Thanks!
I can’t speak for David, but in looking at the value sketch with the red ground it looks like the white was used to signify the fire as a light source and the surfaces where that fire as a light source is reflected. Using red as a ground allowed him to keep the ambient light source (red) separate from the secondary (though it is more intense) light from the fire.
Of course the cat has to cough a hair ball on camera. Great video