Wow ~ Through the Past ~ back to the Beginning of my Digital Artwork.

I felt like last night's 'Gold' painting looked more like shiny colored Glass. I felt like giving in to some simple, not based on seeing, formula to paint Gold. That needed a Gradient.

No gradient in Fresco. I don't think there's one in Procreate either. So where was that? Where did i used to make Gradients? Photoshop? No ~ I never got in to really Painting in Photoshop. Aha! Back to Art Studio. The very first app that I used to use ~ haha ~ get this ~ i actually used to suffer through Art Studio At Gigs! with those rubber tipped balloony pens.

So now, not only all the choices for Colors and Opacities and other Properties and BrusheS, I realized that we can also jump back and forth through apps.

I pulled last night's background into Art Studio, and I made the simplest Gradient with the simplest hilights and shadows ~ nothing about real reflections ~ and it looks Gold. What I was aiming for.

Lesson? If I'm making stuff up out of my head, Keep It Simple. On the other hand, if im Really Looking at An Object, then I can really notice the surprising nuances that are Really there.

Just messing around in Fresco tonight. Figuring that i really should actually See some plates, walls, bannisters, whatevers ~ made of Gold ~ to know how to paint them. But i don't have any.

im guessing that they would be very reflective ~ showing the colors of the things Around them more than showing some innate yellow color.

so i don't know what i painted

I did it! After yesterday's post, I went back into the Gold Painting tonight. To really make it Glow. I feel successfully accomplished. I applied my studies about making the Gold glow, and it worked. New Digital tools for traditional Art Skills. I painted it with the Fresco app.

and while I was at it, I also fixed the Likeness. I was only focused on the Gold last night, but i figured that Likeness is important too. Afterall, I am a Caricature Artist.

Following is what I had written yesterday. I'm really looking forwarding to seeing this Post because I'm planning on posting yesterday's unfinished Painting right next to tonight's finished one.

Yeow. Could this b too hard for me? Frustrated when I started this Painting.

I felt icked out by all the Gold. And her deadpan expressions (Aeesha from Guardians of the Galaxy). But worst of all, Not my favorite type of Lighting. She's practically always Backlit. Who wants to paint That??

and, not having been set-up to make things easy for an Artist, she also has 2ndary lighting. From The Top!! Don't we always use Rembrandt Lighting?

But i did it anyway. Just started getting good, I feel like I can paint anything. I just started to be able to impose my previous Gold Studies on it, when i said "Why am i staying up all night doing this?"

Maybe I'll work on it again someday.

I even made the Lit Up throne behind Aeesha. To account for the aghk back-lighting. Wow ~ I am feeling so accomplished. This feels so satisfying

Aghk!! So many pictures I want to draw, but I can only do One at a time.

1. Having been interested in drawing Gold lately, having been studying that, imagine my surprise to see my friend watching Guardians of the Galaxy. I had never yet watched that, so seeing Gold Aeesha sitting on Gold throne felt like something I must draw. At my first opportunity.
2. But today is Mothers Day. I had planned on phoning my family to arrange for a remote Celebration. I want to ask them to remember any scene from a place where we got lost over 5 years ago. We walked around for over an hour. Lost. And it was the Only time we were ever in that place. Ever. I felt like it would be interesting to see if we chose the Same scene from the walk. Or it would be interesting to see if we can remember the other person's scene.
3. But oh, while I ate my breakfast outside, as is my habit, I was looking at our little plum tree. I felt inspired to draw just what i see as im seeing it. with No plans for a finished picture. At that time, i was seeing only the point where the first branches start at the trunk. Yes ~ I would really like to do that. I'm into Meditation and mind focus very much. But it's the Opposite of the Memory Drawing that i planned for today (see #2). ~ which would be the personal connection that i want so much.

Oh what to draw? What to do?? There are so many other things calling to me besides drawing. Figure out how to use the big Mothers Day Gift i just got. Bake the brownies i prepared to bake for Mothers Day. ETC. Oh, what to do?

Aaaah. Just one at a time. I am Now typing to you. Next ~ read Bible