From 48a85e66346d4f1813ebbecd06bd882ed22a0fc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rjbasitali Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2022 23:08:22 +0500 Subject: [PATCH] what does painting mean --- ...o_create_illusion_of_volume_and_reality.md | 51 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) create mode 100644 digital painting/introduction to digital painting - jean fraisse/02. how_to_create_illusion_of_volume_and_reality.md diff --git a/digital painting/introduction to digital painting - jean fraisse/02. how_to_create_illusion_of_volume_and_reality.md b/digital painting/introduction to digital painting - jean fraisse/02. how_to_create_illusion_of_volume_and_reality.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4eb8c20 --- /dev/null +++ b/digital painting/introduction to digital painting - jean fraisse/02. how_to_create_illusion_of_volume_and_reality.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +# How To Create Illusion Of Volume And Reality + +In this unit, we will study the theory behind a painting. We will cover all the mechanics that will allow us to create the illusion of reality through our paintings. I will explain the definition of painting and why any aspiring painter needs to have a proper understanding of drawing, values, and lighting. + +## What Does Painting Mean? + +To me, it is about translating volumes, light and colors into a flat 2D suface. + +### The 4 Pillars of Visual Arts + +1. Drawing (translating 3D Reality To A 2D Illusion) +2. Painting (translating volumes, but with painting we also translate light and color) +3. Design (creation of shapes) +4. Compostion/Narrative + +### Painting + +Translating volumes, light and colors into a flat illusion of shades. + +**Shades:** Different tones of grays +**Colors:** Different tones of colors + +When we paint an environment, we understand the **volumes**, we understand what are the **shapes** we are painting. Then we are gonna use **shades of values** (darks, medium tones, clear tones, bright tones), and we'll use **different colors** also. And the understanding of how to combine them in a meaningful way will give us the ability to translate reality into a flat illusion. + +Just by the **juxtapostion** of different shades, we will be able to create the illusion that there is actually volume within the image we are creating. + +To do this translation, we have to focus on three steps to learn how to draw and how to paint: + +1. Observation +2. Techniques +3. Practice + +### Observation + +Look things in detail, how color works, how light works, how shadows are spread apart. It's really the basis of painting to start and observe in a different manner. + +### Techniques + +How painting works on a technical level, how to ues a brush, how to combine colors, how to create volume. All of these **how to's** we are gonna explore and explain them. + +### Practice + +We are gonna have to practice, we are gonna be a life long student because paiting is something that can never be mastered. You learn through practice and repetition. + +In this course we are gonna be learning three main things: + +1. Simulate Volume (with just a little amount of tones and shades) +2. Mimic Light (simulate the volumes with light, just by, once again, juxtaposing different tones one next to another) +3. Translate colors and Sensations (which is something really hard to handle, but which is we can really understand through practice observation and techniques) + +Painting is not a direct translation of reality into painting, it's also how to grab reality and represent it in a really personal manner. \ No newline at end of file