From the course: Artist at Work: Tertiary Colors
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Detailing the cloud for emphasis
From the course: Artist at Work: Tertiary Colors
Detailing the cloud for emphasis
And with the cloud, I think I'll use a pencil because it's a small little area and I wouldn't be able to do that with my finger. So, I'm just going to look at the cloud in the sky, in my photograph, and look at where the light is across the top, and try to capture that with this pencil. So I'm leaving some of the white that was established from pulling the color off the surface and using this as a sort of the highlight of the cloud. And it's really cool white, this is very, very cool and it's working against a white surface, so it's warm, so the warm and the cool are reacting to each other. Which is good, that's what I want. I want contrast of the light on the cloud, and the shadowy part of the cloud. And I also do something else. To maybe push the cloud to relate to the tree. Which is just to add a very, very, very light tone of purple. I'm just going to graze this over the surface. And it's very subtle, but it's meant to sort of pull a relationship between these two areas. I had…
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Introduction: Laying a ground4m 22s
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Adding texture to the ground3m 28s
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Establishing value4m 20s
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Relating a blue sky to the tertiary ground2m 47s
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Incorporating a neutralized green4m 13s
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Making your focal points in an image pop4m 3s
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Building depth in the landscape7m 37s
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Adding vibrancy to the sky5m 31s
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Detailing the cloud for emphasis1m 44s
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Adding final details6m 50s
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Final thoughts34s
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