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Oil on canvas.Original photo here [link]
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Really nice
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Hi!
First of all, thanks for the comment!
I don't paint over the photo. As I don't have a live model to pose for me for hours, I just paint from the reference I have in the display of my notebook... as simple as it could be. And then the artwork has all the normal steps of a traditional oil painting: sketch on canvas with charcoal, underpainting layer with lights and shadows, second layer with colours, and a last one layer with details, highlights and adjustments.
I don't know if this is the right answer for what you meant with your question, but that's what I got. If you be more specific, I'll have the pleasure to answer you better.
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So you use several layers even in traditional? What i mean is.. several surfaces.
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Okay, first of all, I'd like to tell you this is not the only way to paint. Speed painters use the "Alla Prima" technique and they are pretty successful (you can see a very nice demo here [link] ). Renaissance painters used to do the underpainting process because they wanted to be very realistic (specially with the painting's depth). It was the way they found to start working with values. So, when we work in photoshop with grayscale in the first layer we're doing quite exactly the same. The difference is that in Photoshop we don't need to wait the painting to dry.
I wouldn't say several layers, but few surfaces (two, three or four). When you add so many layers, colors get dark or sometimes dull. Of course you have to know your paint's transparency. If they're opaque, there's no reason to put layer over layer, right? Second: each top layer should be thicker (less diluted) than the previous one. It's called the "fat over lean" rule.
This method is described here [link] so you can have a better view what I'm talking about.
I hope this time I gave a helpful description.
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Wow. That was a filling respond. Much appreciated. I will look closer into these things and learn from this feedback. I understood about 50 % of this so im on my way ^^ Thank you very much. One last thing then: So you dont "paint" over a photo in traditional the way you can in photoshop with ref layer, white layer with 60% transparity and a layer to draw on top? Hope you understand what i mean..
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That's the advantage of digital art: you can trace on top of a image, you can set the layer's transparency.
When you paint traditionaly you don't have all this possibilities...
You're welcome. We're here in dA to share our experience and to learn from each other. I learn a lot here with the tutorials and critiques. DeviantArt is not perfect and may have its problems, but it's a powerful tool to upgrade our skills!
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