Painting Leaves How to Show Depth Distance in Oil Tutorial Demonstration Bushes Tree Leafs Greenery

Описание: This is a time lapse video of my painting "Gus," which is oil on a 11 by 14 inch canvas! It started with a simple acrylic under painting with oil on top!

***To see this video without music, I created a version without music! Link Below!
   • How to Paint Leaves No Music  

Significantly more time went into doing the background then the kitten itself (which my brother calls Gus). It had a lot of leaves, both in the back and also some up close to the viewer!

The goal was to not copy the photo, because that would be insane, but to recreated an illusion of a lot of leaves... some hiding deep in the darkness while others standing out!

But it was just as important to create a sense of depth and distance... even if the depth is several feet! To pull that illusion, I used everything from color temperature, contrast, and soft and hard edges!

I always feel the background is in a way is part of the supporting cast to the subject matter of a painting! THAT is why I spent a lot of time painting the leaves in this painting!

Colors I used in oils were:
Viridian
Alizarin Crimson
Cerulean Blue
Cobalt Blue
Cobalt Green (for cool leaves in shade)
Cobalt Turquoise Light (also for cool leaves in shade)
Cadmium Green Pale (bright greens)
Cadmium Yellow
Cadmium Yellow Pale (really bright leaves)
Cadmium Orange (to neutralize greens and create browns)
Cadmium Red (barely)
..and of course Titanium White

Popular Color Combinations I used were:
Viridian and Alizarin Crimson for my dark tones
Cobalt Blue and Cadmium Yellow (Regular and Pale) for 1st Green
Cerulean Blue and Cadmium Yellow (Regular and Pale) for the 2nd Green

Questions? Let me know! And thanks for watching!!

For more of my work, check out my instagram, link below

  / notyourtypicalpainter  

The title of the beats used for the video are
"Take It Low"
"Music My Destiny"
"Travel Time"

They are by Open Minded Creation, check out his channel!

   / @openmindedcreation  

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