A Work in Progress: Night Lights



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Night Lights
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bridging


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original photo

Creation of Night Lights: Step 1
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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.

Creation of Night Lights: Step 2

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completed drawing, ready to start putting in color

Creation of Night Lights: Step 3

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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.

Creation of Night Lights: Step 4

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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.

Creation of Night Lights: Step 6

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Star the farthest part of bridge and work forward

Creation of Night Lights: Step 7

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work on bridge span and add water with oil brush.

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keep working forward

Creation of Night Lights: Step 9

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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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Creation of Night Lights: Step 15

Final result

Creation of Night Lights: Final Result

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amazing

(5 years and 2911 days ago)
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thank you.

(5 years and 2911 days ago)