From the course: Artist at Work: Creating Depth of Field
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Colorizing the middle ground
From the course: Artist at Work: Creating Depth of Field
Colorizing the middle ground
So now, the next thing I'll do, might just block in the, these two areas so we're done with what's in the foreground and then deal with what's in the background. And I could just block them in a simple color. And as I said before, we have a little bit of an issue with the the croissant is, it's the white of the bread, is similar to the color of the teapot and not that different from the window, so I have to change it up a little bit. And what I think I'll do, is make the teapot more green, considerably more green. In the white family, but not the same as the window. You'll see how this looks. I might push it a little creamier. I'm fighting with the issue of things that are very close in value. So again it's, you know, requires editing to make it work. I'm just going to lay down a very simple tone to see how it looks, and then decide if it's the color that I want. It's a nice color, but it almost looks more to my eye like the shadow color of that teapot. And there's a beautiful shape…
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Introduction11m 16s
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Establishing a focal point7m 1s
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Relating the foreground color to the focal point5m
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Bringing objects forward5m 42s
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Colorizing the middle ground5m 26s
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Editing the whites to differentiate7m 43s
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Using cool tones to establish distance5m 30s
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Lightening the Eiffel Tower to fit the context2m 8s
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Using mixed media to achieve a gradient sky9m 25s
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Creating reflections in water2m 41s
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Adding final details4m 20s
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