time for another private coaching review.
This summer our friend Hon from Hong Kong visited us for a private coaching about the topic atmosphere. It was his third two day private coaching with Raffa and Roman for Hon and this time we had even more fun than the last ones.
Summer Time oohhhooo!
Hon? Marrow Productions?
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Allright.
Our topic was painting atmosphere and Roman and Raffa enjoyed teaching this complex topic together pretty much. The bust Hon painted was Major Tom by FER Miniatures. A great bust to paint it very atmospheric as it is a guy lost in space, kind of. Depending on everyones vision.
After several hours full of theory and exercises we were able to start with the bust. Quickly the bust was catching fire concerning the atmospheric look as all the prior done theory hit home already.
Preparing the different parts ...
Hon was sketching the atmosphere, the right hues, the right shadows and lights ...
Day 1 passed by with a lot of things achieved.
Everyone of us was looking forward to day 2.
No theory anymore, mainly painting time. Pushing things and visions forward. Still some good thoughts were made on how to build on top of this so far created atmosphere. All three of us did ask one question: "What color is happening between the cold and warm?" ... Raffa found out via a rendered Zbrush example that we miss purple/magenta here. No one thought of purple but it worked so well.
Contrast and detail and smoothness were pushed too. This was Hon's result on a very complex bust and private coaching topic. This is still Work in Progress but Hon finished it at home.
This private coaching has quite the weird group photo as Raffa and Roman had to go to a Hippie-themed party and were checking trousers while we made that photo. No other exists, that is why we can not show you another one. Sorryio!
And Hon's finished version of Major Tom can be found via Putty&Paint. So cool!
Hon made Raffa and Roman truely proud teachers with his will to learn and push forward while being on his journey as a miniature painter.
Hon's finished version.
Keep on happy painting and
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I read your tutorial on how to paint whites, and I found it really helpful (and I only ask this because the bust featured here was painted with colored whites), but how do you go about filtering whites without them turning into just pastels of the color your trying to make the white (e.g. red turning pink)? Was the blue/magenta/orange glazed? Sorry this is so long and possibly out of place... just crossed my mind while looking at those pictures. Btw that bust really is amazing! You and Raffa really are talented teachers and Hon is a great painter!
ReplyDeleteI am currently working on an orc bust and I was struggling with the same question. ("What color is happening between the cold and warm?") but by blending back and forward it already created a slightly purplish tone in between my warm and cold part. I will maybe now blend in some actual purple to intensify this effect.
ReplyDeleteMy question though, is it always purple between warm and cold or only in this instance?
@Nate
ReplyDeleteThe glaze here was airbrushed. Really thin, several times until we decided it is enough. Rather go thinned to stay in control. Whites are never whites, they always are something pastelly ... Hope my answer helps.
@Koen D
Good question. Answer anyone? I got none which is from a science background, but I was able to observe this in real life too after we understood it in this coaching ...