Sorry for the late post. I was a little under the weather today. I thought you all might like a picture that's a little less black-and-white so I decided to upload... da-da-dun... monochrome! (Exciting, huh?)
I love dragons, and not just because they're fun to draw. Dragons add a sense of uncertainty to a story. They're untamed and unpredictable. That makes them a lot of fun.
{chuckle} Monochrome is an improvement over line drawings. My poorly developed drawing talents stop short of adding shading. {Smile, wink}
ReplyDeleteAnne Elizabeth Baldwin
Monochrome can be a lot of fun. :) I've learned a lot of color theory so far this semester. What I like about monochrome is that there are so few ways to go wrong. :)
ReplyDeleteHaving few ways to go wrong does sound very freeing in art. {SMILE}
ReplyDeleteI'm curious about the color theory you learned. However, unless it overlaps with what I got in backstage work in theather arts, I'd probably be lost very quickly. {Smile}
Anne Elizabeth Baldwin
Mostly I've been learning about how opposites on the color wheel accent each other, and how putting a warm color (reds, yellows, oranges) next to a cool color (blues, greens, purple) make them stand out by contrast.
ReplyDeleteBlack next to a color makes it seem lighter and more vibrant, while white makes it seem darker.
Gray takes on the opposite tone of the color its next too, so gray beside, say, a warm color, will look more like a cool gray because the brain plays funny tricks.
I don't know if you followed any of that, but writing it out helped me remember. :)
I think I followed it. It sounds like it's all a matter of contrast. {Smile}
ReplyDeleteAnne Elizabeth Baldwin
It is. :) I'm a slow learner, though. After learning all that color theory, I STILL accidentally turned someone's hair green by forgetting that you can't do a blue wash over yellow hair without unfortunate results.
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