09 April, 2008

Shattered




Created in Painter iX, using the charcoal, and fx shattered brushes. The piece also demonstrated the pickout technique, where you apply a transparent midtone over the entire image, then upon it, you add darks, lights, then highlights to complete the image.

3 comments:

  1. Randolf, why do they call it the pickout technique?

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  2. Hi Joel,

    It's called pickout because after the drawing is complete, one applies a medium that can be removed. In most cases, the pickout technique occurs when an eraser is used to pickout highlights, or water is used. After the drawing is complete, a medium value is administered over the entire drawing upon which the pickout technique can be administered. The light areas are picked out and the shadow areas are added, creating a wide range of values in a short amount of time. Hope this helps. I use the technique a lot.

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  3. Thanks Randolf... Try ko nga yan.

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