A Work in Progress: Night Lights

This guide was made for entry:
Night Lights
In Contest:
bridging

step 1 of 15

original photo

sources used for this step:

: source

step 2 of 15

set up grid and draw basicaly the out line of structure., not to worried about detail as I fill them in as I go. Mainly interested in position and right sizing of the bridge.

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completed drawing, ready to start putting in color

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getting colors on the drawing , to help the canvas feel full and to use for mixing of colors in the over painting process.
Corel has great color tones and a myriad of different brush and application methods.

step 5 of 15

lay in the sky first.

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paint the background land and add lights and structures
Keeping it simplified is my goal here.

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Star the farthest part of bridge and work forward

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work on bridge span and add water with oil brush.

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keep working forward

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close to finishing bridge and add trees and forground.

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start working on water highlights with oil brush.

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after the water is done I used a sponge brush to apply a speckling effect to the water to give more life to it.

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All done ,just adjust the colors and add some finishing touches it p.s.

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Final result

Votes

user	voted
Clinge
Akif
Score: 7

Comments

imsharanart says:

amazing

(5 years and 2927 days ago)

author says:

thank you.

(5 years and 2927 days ago)

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