[Jezebel]

[edit: wanted to add links to the other two I did. Mythica and Wolf. Those are just as boring as this one though :)]

I know that nobody could give a flying rats ass about how I paint and more than likely none of these will do anyone any good, but I had a lot of fun pulling them together. I've always thought it was interesting to see how a piece takes shape from beginning to end... maybe I'm not the only one? :D


Step 1 - Splotched in areas of color with a soft brush to determine placement:


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Step 2 - Went in with a hard edged brush to add details. Basically I just swish-swish-swished a bunch of various green lines over eachother:


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Step 3 - Moved onto the middleground area to add detail. Keeping the colors fairly flat and hazy:


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Step 4 - Adding smaller details and tweaking reflections:


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Step 5 - With a fairly thick brush I lay out the general shape of the tree line. Working from right-to-left I start adding in vague details/cleaning up the shapes:


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Step 6 - Working my way down the treeline =)


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Step 7 - This shot shows a little better how I cleaned up the shapes before adding in the highlights and shadows:


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[Jezebel]

Step 8 - Almost there!


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Step 9 - Paint in the tree. The leaves are basically a bunch of overlapping speckly brushes in various colors:


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Finished - Thickened the haze, reduced the saturation a tad and tweaked the reflections some more:



And for fun here's the tweaked sepia style version I did:


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[tripclaw]

Wow thanks! I actually needed a tutorial like this, since I had no idea how to even start a hazy/foggy nature scene like that. I appreciate it a lot. The picture looks amazing..

[Matt Elder]

Thanks for that Jezebel. I tried a landscape scene once before a bit similar and it started turning out terribly so I turned it into a 'abstract landscape'. This looks like it will be a great help.

[-HoodZ-]

very nice :>

[Spartan]

Bob Ross

neat

[Ian Jones]

Cool stuff Jezebel! thx for this.. tis interesting... and helpful.

Nice painting too. cool foggy atmosphere.

ps: You love trying your colour variations on your finished pics...

[Jezebel]

tripclaw & Matt Elder - Thank you very much, hope this might have been helpful

-HoodZ- - Thanks!

Spartan - Egads, bob ross? But my tree isn't anywhere near happy enough.

Ian - Oh you noticed that I like to do that? teehee.... ^_^

[EviLToYLeT]

*claps* hehe it's great!

[Sumaleth]

Love this one. Great picture.

Row.

[Jezebel]

Toylet - thanks =)

Suma - Thanks, dlad you like the picture. You aware that your next post is the evil spawn of satan post? *grin*

[DiXter]

you know what i think..?

I think this is the best I ever seen from you! but I think I have said that before..

[Duncan]

Thanks, i really apreciate that. i need to learn how to paint landscapes.

[WICKED]

Jezebel will you marry me? I just love your art work too much =)

[Jezebel]

DiXter - Thanks, I appreciate it =)

Duncan - Go for it, landscapes are fun to do, methinks.

WICKED -

[Merekat]

marvelous! how did you know I was trying to broaden my horizons and draw landscapes? I'm doing a new work that is inside a temple, and that haze and slightly swampy feel will be SO helpful to pulling off the mood I am going for. Thank you so much, Jezebel! ;} It's so terrific to see your process for your work. I think that says so much more about technique than mere how-tos for a simple object or texture. ;} Thank you!

[Gothic Gerbil]

Tee hee hee, thanks for the tutorial Jezebel, interesting stuff there!! And if I could stop getting these stupid Illustrator logo assignments (AGH!) maybe I'll be able to put it to some use!

[WICKED]

Does that mean YES!?

[Awetopsy]

oh. Jezebel.. this is great.. beatiful

[cybertoker2001]

Beautiful job Jezebel!

I'm not much of a landscape painter, but this will definitely come in handy at some time I'm sure.

CT2001

[Jezebel]

Merekat - Thanks! Glad you found this helpful in some way. :>

Gothic Gerbil - You should make an illustrator tutorial for me instead then, teehee...

WICKED - Let me ask my boyfriend, maybe he won't mind!

Awetopsy - Thank you. =)

cybertoker2001 - I'd like to see your attempt at a landscape if you ever do one. You do some nifty work!

[Gothic Gerbil]

Want an illustrator tutorial y'say? Aye cappy! I'll do it for this assignment then. (hope it looks good otherwise I'll be eating my socks and my grade ...)

[WICKED]

What! forget your boyfriend. Does he have a WICKED name like i do? No... you know you love the wicked . Hehe sorry for flaming your post with dumb message. Still great art work .


Oh btw so will you marry me? lol

[taff]

nicely done, i like these tutorials, or whatever it is. it is interesting to see, how you, and other artists work

[Metz]

a nice thing to do of you,
thanks

[Probotech]

Great great great! This is exactly what i needed! Thank you!

Props for more tutorials!