A Painting Process to organize your thoughts into steps and design an image efficiently ✽ - graphic line brainstorm, design, movement of image • sketch out some broad lines & quick gestural shapes to design the most basic direction of action & rough composition of your image ✽ - drafting line planning the space of your image: perspective, proportion, planes • now use line to plan out your perspective, scale/proportion, and planes/volume, and shape design. ✽ - notan black & white harmony, edges • black and white graphic composition. design edges based on depth, planes, textures, light. focus on large specific shapes. ✽ - value & color underpainting, temperature, light, color design • block in the underlying colors “blood colors”, temperature, and overall color design • then, using color/value, clarify planes and space/atmosphere, stay mindful of your composition and guide the eye. • stay zoomed out - only enough detail to “sell” your subject, textures, planes, overlapping shapes, atmosphere etc. • be mindful of your notan value design when designing new shapes (get creative with value, hue, saturation!) • lastly - clarify any specific planes, shapes and textures with color & value (prioritize the detail based on subject/composition) use references, pay attention to the drawing, flip/flop your image, stay flexible & simple! originally from Jeremy Fenske
