There's so much effort that goes into each blog. For me the whole process is roughly divided into three parts.
- Brainstorm Ideas
- Content Creation
- Post Compilation
It took me three days to publish this post. Each step took me one whole day to complete because life happens all the time.
I usually post my paintings on Sunday, but I have a different idea for that day. Hence, an early painting post.
I was organizing my art supplies when I realized that I have never used bright and bold colors. I always go for dark moody theme or natural elements, i.e., water, earth, fire.
At that moment, I decided to paint something colorful. I was browsing Pinterest and came across a colored Ferris wheel, originally posted on Flickr. It instantly qualified for my next reference picture for painting.
Let me show you how I made it.
Material Used
- Sketchbook, medium-grained paper
- Acrylic Paint Colors
- Pencil
- Tape
Process
I did the usual preparation of the painting medium - taped the corners.
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Painted the whole paper in sky blue by mixing Cobalt Blue and Titanium White. Painted clouds with white like in the previous painting.
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Next, I made a rough sketch of the wheel. I am new to perspective drawing but to me it looked like a 3-perspective picture. Whereas I am still learning 1-perspective drawing techniques.
Anyways, I still drew it with my own little understanding. When it looked reasonable then I decided to paint.
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I chose bright colors for cabins like in the reference picture.
Colored the wheel with Cold Gray and highlighted it with Burnt Umber to give the sunlight effect.
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Used Green to paint the main supports of the wheel and thin black pointer for individual wheel's support. Highlighted them all with Burnt Umber.
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That's pretty much all that I did.
Constructive Feeback is appreciated.
