thinking around the subject: small watercolour sketches and digital images for the Cornwall paintings
watercolour sketch
I'm thinking around the canvasses I want to do and how I want to develop them. These first 2 are quick watercolour studies followed by a couple of digital simplifications - I'd like to do some more abstract variations on this view and these are a start on sorting out essential elements.watercolour sketch
digital manipulation
digital manipulation
This last one does really catch the essence of the light without any detail - I rather like it and though it's simplified there are some nice bleeds of colour going on.
what do you think?
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Comments
Warm regards
karen
Yes Photoshop - and nothing very clever!!! I think I used posterise and then palette knife on them. It really helps me to simplify things sometimes as when I'm sketching I'm really conscious of needing to understand what is happening with rocks and sand patterns and waves etc etc etc and they can get overcomplicated, though full of information that I need. This moves me away from that overcomlication a bit and I do want to do some very simplified colour field images as well as the loose but representational.
I'll let you know how it continues though it may not be a fast process as I'm working long hours teaching at the moment :(
and yes, changing to black and white is very useful to assess tones and how an image is working I agree
I've just uploaded more in the flower series to my Imagekind site - you can see them there
Lisa photoshop is wonderful!