SPN RBang art post- jasmasson- In the shadows, on the screen

[jenilees]

My first entry for the spn_reversebang  was chosen by the lovely jasmasson.

I am very lucky I had such wonderful authors for this exchange. They both are authors whose work I know, and could say to them- Do what you want, I love your writing! It made this so easy and fun cos I just had to read the end results. LOL I'm so spoiled.

link to story:
In the shadows, on the

Comments

[exhaledtroop]

I really like the texture in the second one in Sam's clothing & in the couch. the couch texture was from the watercolor only? the texture over Sam's clothing kinda reminds me of grass jelly. real glossy.

yeah watercolor is scary! I'm used to working and reworking all the time. but I found it to be a good exercise in loosening up a bit. what's done is done! and if I don't like it, then time to start over.. -___-

not sure in what way you played with the contrast with the first one. did you try playing with the colors of the guy behind Sam? like maybe, since the light source looks kinda yellow, a deep desaturated blue cast over him.

[jenilees]

Thank you! Yes it is just watercolour. Ooh I had to look up grass jelly. I thought it was a type of paint...LOL Looks pretty interesting though

[exhaledtroop]

I'm not too experienced in watercolor, but here's what I generally go by. I'm also a lot self-taught re: color, so I may not be the best one to give advice on it, so I'll try to be careful with it. ^^;

when we perceive color, it's because there is light bouncing off of it. notice how in dim light things look duller and grayer? in order for us to see color, there MUST be light.

the closer to the light source an object is, the more saturated its color. the further away it is (or if the obj is blocked from the light src), the less saturated it is, since less light is reaching it.

so that's the reason why I suggested a desaturated blue. although it doesn't necessarily have to be blue, it could be purple, or brown like in the Rembrandt painting on this page. what color you decide on for shadow can depend on your stylistic preference, or how strongly colored the light source is. blue is an exaggerated color for shadow in your picture, for example- a redder (ie, browner) shadow would probably look more natural. yeah, I'm taking back my

[jenilees]

Thank you! That helps more than you'll know. I've never had saturated/desaturated colour explained in a way that I understood what they were. I'd see examples of the colour itself in magazines but not why they are that way and I thought it was only a watercolour term and had something to do with how it stained the paper.

Also I know of complementary colours but never thought to apply that to the shadows...which makes me kind of feel like a dork for it never occurring to me. LOLOL I have always chosen by what feels right. It doesn't always work out.. now I will have a better idea why.

I had bought a couple of books of lessons in color theory but never got around to doing them. It would probably help me a great deal but my attention span is terrible with stuff like that and I do better when I have to apply it to a painting.

Thanks again for the help. I really do appreciate it. Can't wait to try it out.