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Get to work on your Atmospheric Painting.
Get to work on your Atmospheric Painting.
MAKE SURE YOU'VE FINISHED YOUR LINE ART AND THAT I'VE CHECKED YOUR WORK BEFORE YOU BEGIN COLOR.
MAKE SURE YOU'VE FINISHED YOUR LINE ART AND THAT I'VE CHECKED YOUR WORK BEFORE YOU BEGIN COLOR.
Expectations:
Expectations:
C: Voice Level 0 (no talking)
H: Raise your hand
A: Work on the assignment
M: Stay in your assigned seat
P: Work till assignment is completed
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: This week we will develop an atmospheric painting following a step-by-step process.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Landscapes are a critical part of how comic artists tell stories. Landscapes do more than give a story a setting, they create mood and help us deepen our understanding of all the characters in a story.
HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: You will create your own landscape atmospheric perspective.
ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE PAINTING
ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE PAINTING
Criteria
Criteria
Colors painted more saturated in the foreground.
Colors painted more saturated in the foreground.
Colors tint and shift toward sky color in the background.
Colors tint and shift toward sky color in the background.
Dark Values painted to add shadows from a consistent light source.
Dark Values painted to add shadows from a consistent light source.
Accent colors painted for specific features.
Accent colors painted for specific features.
Bright Values painted to add hightlights from a consistent light source.
Bright Values painted to add hightlights from a consistent light source.
Effective use of class time
Effective use of class time
Used one of the four photo options given on the class website
Used one of the four photo options given on the class website
Draw Line Art
Draw Line Art
You need to start this project by drawing line art for your landscape.
You need to start this project by drawing line art for your landscape.
Focus on drawing the outlines of objects and features of your landscape.
Focus on drawing the outlines of objects and features of your landscape.
Don't worry too much about the shading (dark values) during this step.
Don't worry too much about the shading (dark values) during this step.
SHOW ME YOUR SCREEN WHEN YOU COMPLETE THIS STEP
SHOW ME YOUR SCREEN WHEN YOU COMPLETE THIS STEP
PAINT THE FOREGROUND
PAINT THE FOREGROUND
Create a new layer beneath your line art layer.
Create a new layer beneath your line art layer.
Name it "Foreground".
Name it "Foreground".
Choose a color for the foreground.
Choose a color for the foreground.
This color should be highly saturated.
This color should be highly saturated.
Paint this color into the foreground of your artwork.
Paint this color into the foreground of your artwork.
PAINT THE MIDDLE-GROUND
PAINT THE MIDDLE-GROUND
Create a new layer beneath your foreground layer.
Create a new layer beneath your foreground layer.
Name it "Middle Ground".
Name it "Middle Ground".
Choose a color for the middle-ground.
Choose a color for the middle-ground.
This color should be less saturated than your foreground color.
This color should be less saturated than your foreground color.
Paint this color into the middle-ground of your artwork.
Paint this color into the middle-ground of your artwork.
PAINT THE BACKGROUND
PAINT THE BACKGROUND
Create a new layer beneath your middle ground layer.
Create a new layer beneath your middle ground layer.
Name it "Background".
Name it "Background".
Choose a color for the background.
Choose a color for the background.
This color should be less saturated than your middle ground color.
This color should be less saturated than your middle ground color.
Paint this color into the background of your artwork.
Paint this color into the background of your artwork.
PAINT THE SKY
PAINT THE SKY
Create a new layer beneath your background layer.
Create a new layer beneath your background layer.
Name it "Sky".
Name it "Sky".
Choose a color for the sky.
Choose a color for the sky.
This color can be anything you want!
This color can be anything you want!
You can try to match the colors of your photo reference or get creative. Just remember that the color of the sky will also bleed into other parts of your painting - especially background colors and shadows.
You can try to match the colors of your photo reference or get creative. Just remember that the color of the sky will also bleed into other parts of your painting - especially background colors and shadows.
Paint this color into the sky above your landscape.
Paint this color into the sky above your landscape.
SHADE IN DARK VALUES
SHADE IN DARK VALUES
At the top of the layers panel, hit the square button with the checkerboard panel. This will lock your foreground layer so you can't accidentally paint outside of it.
At the top of the layers panel, hit the square button with the checkerboard panel. This will lock your foreground layer so you can't accidentally paint outside of it.
Make sure you have your foreground layer selected
Make sure you have your foreground layer selected
Choose a color that is darker and slightly more saturated than your base foreground color. Stay in the same HUE range.
Choose a color that is darker and slightly more saturated than your base foreground color. Stay in the same HUE range.
Paint in the shadows on your foreground layer.
Paint in the shadows on your foreground layer.
Try to match your brush strokes to the textures you see in your reference photo.
Try to match your brush strokes to the textures you see in your reference photo.
Follow the same process for your middle ground layer.
Follow the same process for your middle ground layer.
Select the layer and lock its pixels.
Select the layer and lock its pixels.
Choose a color that's darker and less saturated than your base color for the shadows.
Choose a color that's darker and less saturated than your base color for the shadows.
Repeat this process with your background layer.
Repeat this process with your background layer.
My background is not very big, so there's not much for me to paint!
My background is not very big, so there's not much for me to paint!
Paint Accent Colors
Paint Accent Colors
Once you've painted a base layer for your foreground, middle, and background, and you've added a first pass of darker values, you can start to paint in some other colors that you see in your reference photo.
Once you've painted a base layer for your foreground, middle, and background, and you've added a first pass of darker values, you can start to paint in some other colors that you see in your reference photo.
In this image, I've added some GREEN accent color to the shrubs in the foreground and some ORANGE accent color to the rock towers in the middle ground.
Paint your accent colors into the layer where they belong. If you're painting and object in the foreground, make sure you have the foreground layer selected.
Be careful about the saturation of your colors. For example, the green I chose might look strong, but it's actually a dark yellow/grey.
Remember your colors need to get lighter as they fade into the background.
WHAT IS ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE?
WHAT IS ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE?
Atmospheric Perspective - Distant objects seem less detailed, colors fade to grey/blue because of haze.
Atmospheric Perspective - Distant objects seem less detailed, colors fade to grey/blue because of haze.
COLOR THEORY - HUE, SATURATION, AND VALUE
COLOR THEORY - HUE, SATURATION, AND VALUE
Hue - Purest form of a color
Hue - Purest form of a color
Saturation - Intensity of a color or how mixed it is with black/white/grey
Saturation - Intensity of a color or how mixed it is with black/white/grey
Value - How light or dark a color is
Value - How light or dark a color is
VIDEO GUIDES TO ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE
VIDEO GUIDES TO ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE
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