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Giacomo Sardelli
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3yr
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Hi everyone, here is my selection of 5 thumbnail for this month's challenge.
I've painted with a limited palette of watercolors used as gouache by adding white gouache to them.
The colours I've used are:
- Yellow Ochre
- Hansa Yellow
- French Ultramarine
- Phthalo Blue GS
- Venetian Red
- Sap Green
Thank you for this challenge, it was great fun painting these and I've become much more confident in the process.
All the reference photos were taken by me.
Giacomo Sardelli
3yr
Higher res reference pictures, just in case
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These are all my 20 attempts for this challenge. I was about to pick the best 5 of them, but it is my understanding by reading some comments that we are now allowed to post more than 5.
The lesson notes say that we are supposed to submit 5 thumbnails, so I'm quite confused about the official submission request for this challenge.
Anyway I hope you'll find these thumbnails interesting: a couple of them are duplicates because they didn't turn out as I wanted and I repainted them, they might be useful for who is stuck where I was!
It’s my understanding that you are supposed to do as many studies as you want, and paint (or pick) five for the final submission. This page is for posting in-progress images, in order to get feedback from the community. The five thumbnails that you want to have considered for the contest should be posted in the final submissions thread. (Link above.) I reread your post, and I think you knew this, but I’ll post my response here any way, in case it clarifies something for someone else.
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My first 8 attempts, with photo references. I had no idea how much effort this challenge would take, but the process is great fun! Any feedback is much appreciated.
These really are great you get that super impressionistic effect when you squint your eyes, they look incredibly real.
I don’t like these because if you submit them then I can’t even hope to win this challenge. ;)
in the first painting, I don’t think the square tower is needed - it feels contrary to the story of the beach. I think simplifying by omitting it would help.
I absolutely love the second one, though it reads more like rocky ledges to me than trees.
Number three is really fabulous, the way you have rendered the textures, and managed to define the space with the bright white sky, and light blue distant hills works really well. The structure gets a little lost, and I think it’s integral to the story in this one, so maybe try a very light value (or even straight white?) for the roof to see if that separates it from the hillside and really defines it as a building?
Seven is easily my favorite of the bunch. The shimmer you have rendered on the river just works beautifully.
Here is my submission. I took some photos from my winter holidays as reference for this one. The colours in these look pretty similar so I've attempted to paint thumbnails in 5 different colour choices.
Even if I struggled with adding too many details and zooming in, this exercise helped me focus more on shape design and lighting.
Very well done! They are very clear to understand yet they are rich with variations
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Here is my first subject. I didn't realize how small 2"x2" is! I'd like to try a fuzzier/less detailed style for this challenge. Just to catch the essence of a place.
