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For almost a week I spent time studying color theory whenever the kids were sleeping. Here is my latest painting where I tried to apply what I had learnt. Most importantly the warm and cool tones are put next to each other in almost every area of the painting. Notice how the warm areas of the horse are surrounded by cool tones, and the cool shadows of the horse have warm shadows of the trees next to it. Also the lower part of the horse is having warmth because of the reflected sunlight from the ground. Again it gives nice contrast with the cool area lit by the sky.

This time I also tried to keep my values simple and have large areas of light and shadow. Instead of using only values to render forms, I also tried to suggest it by having a shift in temperature. This way the values could be kept more simple, which in turn allows large shapes to have a stronger impact for the composition.

Again I’m going after a feel of a traditional painting, and it's entirely painted in ArtRage 5. I was using palette knife to soften some areas more than what I did in my previous painting to get some edge variation.

Hope you like it. Any comments would be appreciated.

Sometimes I post progress shots and extra insight to my painting process on my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/artofarisuonp…

Stock photos used as a reference:

fav.me/d5iwbg9

fav.me/d60hw1b

Description

For almost a week I spent time studying color theory whenever the kids were sleeping. Here is my latest painting where I tried to apply what I had learnt. Most importantly the warm and cool tones are put next to each other in almost every area of the painting. Notice how the warm areas of the horse are surrounded by cool tones, and the cool shadows of the horse have warm shadows of the trees next to it. Also the lower part of the horse is having warmth because of the reflected sunlight from the ground. Again it gives nice contrast with the cool area lit by the sky.

This time I also tried to keep my values simple and have large areas of light and shadow. Instead of using only values to render forms, I also tried to suggest it by having a shift in temperature. This way the values could be kept more simple, which in turn allows large shapes to have a stronger impact for the composition.

Again I’m going after a feel of a traditional painting, and it's entirely painted in ArtRage 5. I was using palette knife to soften some areas more than what I did in my previous painting to get some edge variation.

Hope you like it. Any comments would be appreciated.

Sometimes I post progress shots and extra insight to my painting process on my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/artofarisuonp…

Stock photos used as a reference:

fav.me/d5iwbg9

fav.me/d60hw1b