Thank you! It looks like you sketched the flowers out... but I don't see the sketch part in the final picture. Do you erase it or paint over it? I took an art class in high school and it seems like those lines were always a problem for me later. I want to try this... but will probably be using software and a digital tablet. So I guess I could do the sketch on a layer that I later delete.
I didn’t take a picture until I had blocked in the background. I think I used a watercolor pencil so that the lines would disappear as I painted. I don’t like to see graphite lines when I paint watercolors, and using watercolor graphite smears.
Some folks draw with graphite and then roll a stretchy gum eraser over it to lighten the lines. Still visible but much lighter.
For digital painting, I’d use one layer for the sketch, perhaps transparent, and then put the other layers over it. As I developed the painting, I’d probably move the sketch to the top layer as needed to check the painting.
That is how I do book covers in photoshop. The template is on top, and I turn it on and off as I need to set up the text and images.
Please let me see what you do and if you are interested, you can use the photo of the bee and the azalea.
Beautiful! Your talent continues to amaze me!
Thank you! It looks like you sketched the flowers out... but I don't see the sketch part in the final picture. Do you erase it or paint over it? I took an art class in high school and it seems like those lines were always a problem for me later. I want to try this... but will probably be using software and a digital tablet. So I guess I could do the sketch on a layer that I later delete.
I didn’t take a picture until I had blocked in the background. I think I used a watercolor pencil so that the lines would disappear as I painted. I don’t like to see graphite lines when I paint watercolors, and using watercolor graphite smears.
Some folks draw with graphite and then roll a stretchy gum eraser over it to lighten the lines. Still visible but much lighter.
For digital painting, I’d use one layer for the sketch, perhaps transparent, and then put the other layers over it. As I developed the painting, I’d probably move the sketch to the top layer as needed to check the painting.
That is how I do book covers in photoshop. The template is on top, and I turn it on and off as I need to set up the text and images.
Please let me see what you do and if you are interested, you can use the photo of the bee and the azalea.