Here are the lilies... I've played with several versions and this is where we are now. I am working on the fungi, the scale of the characters, signs, and wonders.
see you soon!
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Wow! It has been a long haul to get the ideas for the characters. There are several that have not been posted yet. The Bell Ringer is one new group.
I have also started to work on designing the "background." I spent quite some time looking at the tree image as a whole, the sketches, and then at the actual painted image. Because the painting is so thin and yet so tall- I asked myself, how would I actually look at it? I usually work with images around 18" x 24" and the distance to the viewer from the ceiling is about the same as viewing one of these images. With this info I ended up dividing the image into thirds and this gave me a start for developing the composition. Next I divided the image into 6ths.
So that as you move along viewing the image you will always have a "floating third" to focus on. This means that the action must flow from element to element smoothly. I will be using gentle diagonals to establish this flow. Here I use some simple mushrooms to establish this flow.
I won't be using mushrooms for all of this but it is a start.
I have also started to work on designing the "background." I spent quite some time looking at the tree image as a whole, the sketches, and then at the actual painted image. Because the painting is so thin and yet so tall- I asked myself, how would I actually look at it? I usually work with images around 18" x 24" and the distance to the viewer from the ceiling is about the same as viewing one of these images. With this info I ended up dividing the image into thirds and this gave me a start for developing the composition. Next I divided the image into 6ths.
So that as you move along viewing the image you will always have a "floating third" to focus on. This means that the action must flow from element to element smoothly. I will be using gentle diagonals to establish this flow. Here I use some simple mushrooms to establish this flow.
I won't be using mushrooms for all of this but it is a start.
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