June 13, 2008

From the "bands" of color comes time to start airbrushing in the clouds. This is a little bit of a tricky sky since the orange and yellow work well together, the orange and purple do not. The orange and purple tend to "muddy up" instead of transition. I am also not the best photographer, so the colors are much more vibrant in person.

At this stage, I have already painted in the background behing the leaves. I outline random leaves shading as needed along the way.


Here you can see the background against some of the foreground leaves and flowers. I always include some highlights careful not to over do it.