Following a couple of digital painting attempts (which I am not going to share since I am not quite satisfied with them) I came up with this one. I am really satisfied and feel like this is one of my best digital paintings to date. The painting is based on a painting by Mark Boedges.
In this digital painting I continued my pursuit of painting in more detail. I quite like the result.
This image below is a simple picture drawn using 9 values of the same colour. I wanted to show how easy it is to obtain atmospheric perspective by just painting using colour values. I completed a video tutorial on this topic mostly for application to digital art, which is here. Make sure you watch the totorial in HD. As indicated by Richard Robinson, the value-based painting concept is the key to successful oil painting as well. I do all my digital and oil paintings using the value-based colour concept. I bought his Mastering Colour course and it unlocked all the secrets of effective colour use and the value-based painting strategy to me.
I have decided to try paintings with more detail. Here is my fist attempt on the iPad Pro. This one took me a couple of days to complete. I am satisfied with the mountains, but not with the foreground, but I will keep trying.
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