Tips

Tips & techniques

Here are some of my personal Tips and some demostrations. I'll add more when I find them.
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Getting the right perspective Having difficulty with composition, perspective, estimating the eye level of a picture or values? Here is some of my visual aids I use when I am sketching outdoors.
	Composition : Viewfinder Very often when I face with a scene, there's simply so much that's appealing that it's hard to choose what to paint. My viewfinder comes in useful, as it helps me focus on particular elements of the street, the park, etc. and enabling me to decide what will make the best composition, both in terms of focus and format, and transfer them to the paper.
	Perspective : Compass If I want to draw or paint a realistic scene, with accurate perspective, then it’s crucial to get the angles of the elements in the painting accurate. Not only the angles of how the objects lie in relation to each other, but also of the items themselves. A compass made with pair of arms match the angle, then, the angles can then be transferred to my drawing without effort.
	Values : Red Filter Values and tones give us the depth and the three dimensional effect of the scene. Failing to give some consideration to a tonal plan prior to starting a painting can result in either a washed out image or an overworked, dark and muddy picture. I determine color values and intensities With this red color piece of film works and looking through I simplify the amount of tones that I see to about five or seven main values.