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Mischievous Joy (stage five)

 

Many times I see the entire painting in my mind's eye, colors and all. But there are a few times when I’m unsure about the color scheme and/or color combinations, so I create a color rough. For this, I go for help to my good old friend - the computer. Here I’ve I converted the digital photo of my underpainting to grayscale, and painted away in Photoshop.

 

Sometimes it takes many hours and a dozen different versions to arrive at the color scheme I feel content with, but this was relatively easy. I chose nice complimentary colors, the warm tones dominating to accentuate the mood. Once I was satisfied, I printed out the result for future reference.

 

 

 

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