You will need: a set of pastels, a reference photograph of a silhouette (optional), black acrylic paint, an acrylic paint brush, a piece of sketchbook paper, a pencil, an eraser, a cutting knife, and several pieces of tissue. This is the second time that you are going to use pastels from this blog!
First, sketch out the things that the forest might have like trees, deer, bears, and etc. Whenever that is taken care of, paint those in black acrylic paint. The objects in the forest are black, because the background is colorful from sunrise or sunset. You need to paint it clean, because it looks dirty when the background comes in afterwards. If you are done with the painting, dry it completely so that it isn't wet at all.
Now, it is time to color in the sunrise or sunset background. Pull out the set of pastels that you have prepared earlier, and think about if it is going to be sunrise or sunset. Sunrise would involve more of the lighter colors like light orange, yellow, and sky blue when sunset would involve more of the darker colors like dark orange, red, purple, and perhaps pink. Consider the colors as you pick either of the two. When you chose what you want to do for the background, think about the color blend. I used purple, ivory, light pink, and mango orange from top to bottom. I noticed that my gradation worked out quite well.
You need to start from the bottom or the top. In either way, choose a color of the pastel. With a cutting knife, grind the surface of the pastel lightly. Then, it is much easier to spread the powder of it with a piece of tissue. Try not to have powder on the silhouette even though there are solutions at the end. But first, go on to the next when the first color is done by blending the two colors together at the division, because it is unnatural to have straight lines.
I mentioned to avoid having pastel powders on the silhouette. If you have some powder on it, that is fine. You just need to dust off the powder with an eraser! Be careful not to erase the background by accident. Then, the silhouette will no longer be blurry like the background. There might be some parts of the silhouette that might be blurry a little bit, but there is barely any solution for it.
You are finished at last! Enjoy your artwork for the day!
Now, it is time to color in the sunrise or sunset background. Pull out the set of pastels that you have prepared earlier, and think about if it is going to be sunrise or sunset. Sunrise would involve more of the lighter colors like light orange, yellow, and sky blue when sunset would involve more of the darker colors like dark orange, red, purple, and perhaps pink. Consider the colors as you pick either of the two. When you chose what you want to do for the background, think about the color blend. I used purple, ivory, light pink, and mango orange from top to bottom. I noticed that my gradation worked out quite well.
You need to start from the bottom or the top. In either way, choose a color of the pastel. With a cutting knife, grind the surface of the pastel lightly. Then, it is much easier to spread the powder of it with a piece of tissue. Try not to have powder on the silhouette even though there are solutions at the end. But first, go on to the next when the first color is done by blending the two colors together at the division, because it is unnatural to have straight lines.
I mentioned to avoid having pastel powders on the silhouette. If you have some powder on it, that is fine. You just need to dust off the powder with an eraser! Be careful not to erase the background by accident. Then, the silhouette will no longer be blurry like the background. There might be some parts of the silhouette that might be blurry a little bit, but there is barely any solution for it.
You are finished at last! Enjoy your artwork for the day!
Quote of the Day: "Vision is the art of seeing what is visible to others." -Jonathan Swift
 |
| This is my silhouette artwork that I referenced in some of the photographs that have been taken. |
No comments:
Post a Comment