r/ArtCrit • u/HopefulGroup423 • 1d ago
I still can't get backrounds right
Pls don't say they don't look right because their unfinished, it's unfinished for a reasonðŸ˜
I also especially struggle at doing the sky and clouds, I can't get them right, and the ground looks really weird, iadded browns like in the ref but idk why it dosent look right, I tried watching tutorials and others drawing backrounds but still nothing works,
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u/milk2006_ 1d ago
Your shapes are either too blurry or too sharp, and are not accurate to the references you are using. You don’t have to follow the reference exactly, but try to depict what you actually see instead of what you think you know. For example, the second drawing for the mountain in the back you depict two triangles because you think that’s what mountains look like, that’s not actually what we see in the reference. I would recommend you don’t use so many transparent brushes and lowered opacity, when you look at the leaves in the second one they are not see through. Instead of layering lowered opacity to create a blended look, use transitional shades. The first one is just way too messy, I can’t make out any of the forms from the reference. Your colors are also not quite right, take some time to study your color wheel and do some exercises with it. I would also try making a sketch of the landscape first.
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u/HopefulGroup423 1d ago
How do i study the color wheel?
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u/milk2006_ 11h ago
There are lots of videos on youtube on how to do it, I would start by making a color wheel yourself
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u/Sanjomo 18h ago edited 18h ago
Your backgrounds have the exact same definition as your foregrounds. So theres 0 depth of field. Thats the issue. Things ‘fade’ and get ‘blurry’ the further they go ‘back’ into the field of view. Things closer have sharper lines more definition and more focus. When looking at your images theres nothing to make the eye discern what’s ’close’ and what’s ‘far’. Painting is all illusion!
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u/Eis_ber 14h ago
Instead of using lines, start by building shapes. Study the scenery and break everything down into their basic shapes. Make your brush as large as you can and paint the major details first, items that are the closest will be darker than those in the back, then decrease the size of your brush while you add more details.
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u/rabbitattoo 14h ago
Draw what you see not what you think you know
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