Monday 2 September 2013

Inspiration

Its often hard to come up with ideas of what to draw. Sometimes looking at what other people are doing can help inspire you. Whilst on holiday I saw a street artist using spray paint to paint scenes that looked as though they had been done digitally. I never realised that you could achieve some of the effects he was using with spray paint. One effect he used was to apply a layer of paint and then spray over it in another colour. He then scraped away some of the second layer so the colour underneath showed through.
When I got home I didn't have many drawing ideas and then I remembered the street artist and decided to have a go at some of the things he was doing with spray paint, but with the airbrush on Corel Painter.

The street artist at work
This is what I did
I found that getting the same result as the street artist was getting is extremely hard, it must take a lot of practice and experience to master what he was doing!


Practicing drawing techniques

It's always good to practice from photos, especially if you find something difficult. I used some old holiday photos as reference for this sketch to practice perspective.
Going out and seeing things for real helps to gain an understanding of how to draw them. Even if you are into drawing fantasy or sci-fi, drawing from real life can still help your understanding.

Sketch

Photo