提升你的繪畫技巧【Daria Callie】

Hey guys, I hope you all are doing well. In this video, I want to focus on a couple of things that may help you improve your painting skills. I started to make this video with the idea in mind that I will give you like a checklist of things that you can do when you are for example finishing a painting or a drawing to improve it on the spot or just to check for some mistakes that you might have been missing and then to fix them. I quickly realized though that what I'm gonna talk about can be helpful every step of the way from the very beginning. So feel free to apply, use these things anyway you want at any point. There are four main points I'd like you to consider. First, simply check the anatomy and proportions. I assume that if you use reference photos you compare your painting with them all the time as you paint. In the same way if you're painting from life you're trying to replicate what you see. But there is a couple of other things you can do to check proportions or positions of the facial features. Have you ever watched some digital painting videos? Many people flip the image every now and then to see it from a different angle. You can do the same with a traditional medium. Look at your painting in the mirror or even take a picture of your painting on your phone flip it and see if it looks good to you and correct or does it look somehow crooked. Analyze it and then fix what you need to fix. Another thing you can do is to turn the painting upside down or simply step away from it and look at it from afar. The image comes together more and it also gives you a chance to look at your work from a different perspective so that you'll notice things you've not been able to see before and that's the whole point. Are your values in the right places? I always pay very close attention to values when I'm painting.It's crucial. Here comes a little lesson on color theory. There are three main parameters to describe a color. Hue, value and chroma. Hue is like the color itself. Red, blue, green, yellow. Chroma is how pure, intense or saturated the color is. For example, a gray color is very neutral and extremely low chroma. This color would be in the contrary, very chromatic. And value shows how light or dark the color is. It's what creates the 3D form and dimensions in our drawings and paintings. In my experience, many people have difficulties placing correct dark values. And of course, when the darks are faded, your painting looks flat and has no contrast, no depth. But it can be difficult to identify correct values in general. Period. Like lights may not be light enough or in some cases highlights would be exaggerated way too much. It is a very common mistake and it takes some practice to get good at it. The least you can do is to check and make sure that the shadows are dark enough and the lights are as light as they should be. If they aren't, fix it. This will add so much more depth to your work. And I believe this alone can take your painting to the next level. I wasn't sure how to call this one, but it's important to not over-define features or add too much detail. Forget about harsh lines and edges if you want your paintings, drawings to be more lifelike. In reality, there are no sharp edges, especially if we're talking about portraiture. Everything is much softer, more subtle and smooth. I'd like to stress that I'm not talking about blending here. There are many styles of painting where it's beautiful to leave visible strokes of paint or styles of drawing where you leave a distinctive hatching. It simply comes down to personal preference. Here I'm talking about something else. Let me demonstrate. This is a sketch that I think can be improved. The eyelashes are overly defined. We can clearly see the waterline when in reality it would be much more subtle. Let's compare it with a similar sketch. You see what I'm saying? That's another example. So make sure you don't overly define or outline features and it will significantly improve your work. Lastly, check the hues. Our skin has so many different tones. It's not just one solid color. It's quite obvious, but I've seen so many paintings where people just ignore it and limit themselves in the variety of colors they use to paint skin. It in fact has so many subtle hues. Some greens, blues, reds. Here, for instance, you can see the colors I've been trying to incorporate into this portrait to make the face look more realistic. Sometimes when I'm almost done with a painting, I like to revise certain areas and fix some hues if necessary. There is a painting technique called glazing, which is basically applying a thin transparent layer of paint on top of a dry opaque layer and it can help add a little more saturation or alter hues in some places. So pay attention to the hues and maybe, for example, add some blush to the cheeks, make the eye color more vibrant, make shadows warmer, and so on. And most importantly, try to catch all those hues and color changes in order to make your portraits more lifelike. I've been talking a lot about portraiture here, but really, no matter what you paint, I'm convinced that it's better to include a variety of hues rather than to limit them. That way, your portraits will look more lively and interesting. To sum up, these are the things that I'm not just recommending to you or to beginners. This is what I have to remind myself of time and again after years of painting and drawing, and this helps me out every time. I use it as some kind of checklist. Thanks so much for all the positive feedback on my latest videos. It means a lot to me. Thank you for any support, really. I hope this video was helpful to you, and I'll see you next time. Bye.