New Method

So I finally finished my Morrigan portrait tonight. I will get pics uploaded tomorrow when I can get some good light, but until I replace my studio lighting, sunlight is still the best I can get!

I have been meaning to try a new method with painting for awhile now. I had commissions lined up though as well as pieces I needed to bring to my gallery and thus wasn't able to try something new. Now I only have 1 active commission left, and no new work due at the gallery for more than 2 months, and so I finally have some room to explore.

What I want to try is the Munsell Value System and I think I'm finally in a place where I can understand it. I have been working on color for so long and have gotten good with it..or at least good enough for now. Now my major roadblocks have been values, and sometimes when you try to do both with color, it just doesn't come out as good as it could. And sometimes it is just frustrating! Your eyes can be really tricky sometimes, and I find a lot of the time I lose the values and form in some spots on the face.

I found this really amazing article that gave me some good pointers for creating a scale and all that. Thankfully one of my books had a good explanation of mixing the colors too although I ended up eying it for the most part. I now have my gray-scale palette ready to go and I'm SO excited to see how this portrait turns out!

If you're curious what the current project is - I'll most certainly tell you! It's going to be Dean Winchester (aka Jensen Ackles) from Supernatural. I have always watched the show, but lately have not really been thinking about it much. The other night I had this EPIC dream that I was on the show, but it was actually real and not just a show! And there was a monster, of course there was, and we beat it's ass all while making bad jokes. I woke up thinking 'I HAVE TO PAINT DEAN!' Because he's my favorite! And who doesn't love a guy who sings Eye of the Tiger in front of a whole crew lmao. Writers wake up and write down ideas from dreams, so why not artists as well? Eh? Eh?