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Mermay ๐งโโ๏ธ - Waterfall ๐๐บ - Thoughts and Process
🕑 Added 2023-05-24 18:34:38 +0000 UTCHello Patrons ๐
I am very excited to show my latest painting because Iโve challenged myself to paint traditionally! ๐จ I kept telling myself that Iโll eventually try it out, but I always delayed it this time, I told myself, no more excuses! ๐
Iโm sorry I didnโt take as many pictures as Iโd liked or videos since this painting went through some changes and quite took a while to finish since I was trying to get used to the medium. Iโd like to talk about my process, though and let you know how I was able to get through the painting! ๐
To ease myself back into the medium, I decided to choose an idea that Iโd feel comfortable painting which is a waterfall mermaid! Iโve painted a waterfall mermaid back in 2020 so I wanted to try doing something similar. I sketched the painting on Procreate and made sure I had the foundation down (the characterโs anatomy/pose and composition.)
Then I did a light sketch on my canvas paper and decided to do a quick wash of the colours. I decided to choose a limited palette for now so itโs not too overwhelming.
When I use acrylics, I build up the layers by slowly adding more paint each time. I do this with her hair since her hair transforms to water I want to make sure I can easily blend it later. โจ
Midway through the painting, I decided to change the pink clouds and stick to a blue sky. I want to focus on painting the clouds here. It took a lot of trial and error to get to where it was so I had to look at a lot of cloud references so I can get the shadows right.
I even had to quickly do a paint-over on Procreate to see how it would look like on canvas.
I am pretty happy with how it turned out! Itโs a little more subtle than what I had digitally, but I think the calmness of the sky will be balanced out with the waterfall.
With acrylics, I find it a lot easier to mix your colours beforehand. I also used a spray bottle to spray the palette occasionally to keep it from drying out.
From here, I decided to paint the bottom of the painting darker so it would create a contrast against the middle lighter areas.
I used a slate-bluish gray to add highlights to the darker rocks. I always try to introduce some blues to the shadows just so itโs cohesive with the rest of the palette.
For the last touches, I decided to add pink flowers around the painting so that it could have some variation against the cool hues.
Iโm really happy with how it turned out! I really enjoyed the process as well! I want to paint more traditional paintings in the future and record more videos of them when I have the proper setup! ๐
Thanks so much for your support! ๐ซถ๐ฅน๐ซถ๐ฅน
Love always,
Maxine
Comments
Maxine Vee
Thank you Alicia ๐ฅน๐ฅน๐
Alicia
Beautiful! I love the shades of green and blue you chose.
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