Week Seven 18th April 2007

Colour and Value! One of the best things I learnt from this lesson was about doing the value before you play with the colour. Recently I had drawn a character and put this into action. I still haven't coloured it in, but adding in the tones and values first helped me visualise the way in which the colour could be applied. I also had a look on the net at some speed paintings in photoshop. Man those guys are unreal. They always start off with the value before adding any colour using the colour balances and hues. I also liked the way that value can be used to lead the eye. I think I'll try employing the technique of darkening the edges so the eye is lead into the picture.