Since I grew up in the mountains in the Western Cape of South Africa (not too far from Cape Town), I have an obsession with mountains, rapids, rocks and rockpools. The last while I have spent more and more time painting these topics. Here is one I did today using a photo I found on Pinterest as reference on my iPad Pro and ProCreate. I am quite satisfied with the result.
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.
Some more clouds painted on my iPad Pro using ProCreate. The timelapse video is posted here.
Her is a recent study I performed on my iPad Pro using ProCreate. The aim was to capture the contrast of the rocks and snow in this value study. The timelapse video is posted here.
This is a long overdue post. The painting was made on my iPad Pro using ProCreate and my iPad Pencil. The aim was to get some realistic brushstrokes going on the iPad. I think I partially succeeded in this aim. It was once again based on a Mark Boedges painting.
As before, I used a limited palette of colours. This palette consists of a limited amount of colours with each colour range consisting of 9 values.
I have threatened to paint some sand dunes for a long time and finally got round to it last night with an iPad painting using ProCreate. The colour you actually use feels contradictory to actual sand colour, but it is the blues and greys in the shadows that are drawing me. I plan to convert this digital painting to an oil one with the aim of painting some of our local dunes here in the UAE in due time.
I love clouds. No… I am fascinated by them. They are undefined, unstructured and simply beautiful. Every cloud is unique and there will never be another one like that one.
I recently went to the website Outdoorphoto and found the most incredible reference photos of South African clouds (the best ones around!). The painting I made was completed on my iPad Pro using ProCreate. It took me about 30 minutes to complete late one evening. I like it and it may develop into a full-scale oil painting.
I recently came across a photo of the Connemara National Park in Ireland and decided to paint it. The image below is my test version of the painting and was done on my iPad Pro using ProCreate. I am resonably impressed with the result, especially the way the front, middle ground and distant ground have their own feel, but still merge. I will put more effort into the clouds in the oil painting.
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