Task 3

Time - Half Hour

Here is a quick painting I did from reference. The reference was a screenshot taken in game of 'Skyrim'. I wanted to do this because I really liked the colours used in this particular area of the game, I think they have a really big impact on the mood. Also the time of day used in the game was morning which created long shadows and pools of light coming through which is one of the things I wanted to practice trying to paint.

Here is some quick thumbnails I started creating to generate ideas for my final piece. I did like these but felt they were to open spaced to be set in a forest, apart from the bottom right which is more what I wanted to head towards.

I thought I would try to add colour to these as I feel that's something I'm lacking in and from researching artists, they all say adding colour to black and white images is easier than painting straight from colour.

To do this I create a layer above my black and white painting, then change the blending mode to colour or overlay and start laying down some colours.

This is an image I painted using all the techniques and processes I learnt from my research. I used the same brushes as the artists I looked into, they have some really useful brushes which consist of various textures fro rocks plants and trees. I'm also still experimenting turning a black and white painting into colour as a lot of artist say that its a lot easier this way.