Hii I saw your bertie and jeeves portraits and I was wondering how you made your colors not look "blocky" or patchy even if you layer/use opaque paint? I guess, how do you know what transition colors to use? Sorry, I'm self taught and still learning! Thanks in advance and I love your art 💕
Ah You're lucky i actually have the progress shots of one of those heads. The only real thing i do is have "Average colour" selected on my colour picker tool so after i lay down all the rough blocks i can just select between them and start to create the faux gradient
you can also see how i still add colours throughout the process like the red to bertie's cheek but after a point it just becomes refinement. i try not to use small brushes to shape the gradients until im close to the end which is where most of the "blending" happens.
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October is nearly upon us, which means it’s nearly the season of month-long daily-prompt drawing challenges. These are great fun, but they can also put a lot of pressure on artists to be finishing and posting art every day for public consumption on social media.
I wanted to start Artbloctober as an alternative or an accompaniment to these monthly art challenges that could encourage artists to take time for themselves to work on areas they’ve identified need improvement, without feeling obligated to share it or stick to anyone’s schedule but their own. Your studies can be as private or as public as you’d like, and in addition, you can share and find lots of great resources, tips, and feedback from other artists who are going through the same challenge! Join us with the tag #Artbloctober if you’re interested!