also this was just a study where i wasnt supposed to color pick from ref

you should learn about values first, and once you understand and are able to apply that, only then you are ready to get into colour theory.

>>7825528
another "HOW DO I WIPE MY OWN ASS????????" thread

>>7825550
Did your wife hurt you today anon? You posted like 7 posts about "another x thead", just stop bumping every thread you don't like to first page?

>>7825528
This isn't even much of a study, because it feels like you're not even trying to block the colours down - even if the colours are wrong - in a manner resembling how they do in the image.

Like, why is the grass just a swarm of squiggles, and the same with the clouds, and the bushes/scrub is a cluster of different plants with darks radiating out into lights, but you've treated them as just one big green blob.

So I think your colour studies are too rushed, and aren't actually doing anything for you - maybe trying doing a proper sketch/layout first, and then colouring on top.

>>7825528
You did a good job, though
Just use the airbrush tool and use smaller brushes

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okay i did another color theory study but on a simpler object

>>7825528
Get a cheap set of primary gouache/watercolors and go paint shit and match colors. It's an intuitive trial and error process. You'll understand color 100x times faster than with digital.

>>7825528
There is simultaneously a lack of diversity in values and saturation. If I were you, I would ensure the foreground, background, and middle ground were each distinctly dark, light, and medium toned. Then, I would keep the values of the details within those planes kinda samey. Like the texture of the grass and stuff gets so light that its too similar to the clouds. Don't be afraid of desaturated browns, blues, and yellows, even dark ones. I would maybe focus on studying pictures that have both distinct warm and cool areas to practice this. Also, paint from life. The camera makes everything look like shit.

>>7825528
nice use of AI there

prompt a cartoony version next

>>7825549
> t. Leonardo
> he must begin by studying the parts which compose them
> And let him remember to acquire accuracy before he attempts quickness
those are the two points where you failed, OP.

you rushed, and didn't made individual studies. make 30 careful cloud studies. start at 30min, try 1h, 2h, 5h on the same reference.

>>7825718
color picking is useless. try again, try to be more accurate at every level. start monochromatically

>>7825528
Nothing about this is color theory, this is a form problem.

Color? I hardly know her!

>>7825528
you have to throw out the "what makes sense" chip in your brain and replace it with the "what i see" chip

>>7828050
That's actually a pretty bad mindset with colors. It's why color picking studies invariably leads to them looking really desaturated and mushy despite using the exact same colors and values.

>>7828051
> grass is green = anon colors grass green
> sky is blue = anon colors sky blue

if one really takes a moment to analyze, you will notice there's hints of orange in the grass and huge blobs of desaturated blue (almost gray) in the sky.

>>7825528
just decide if you go from Darkest to Lightest
or Lightest to Darkest
Hue is irrelevant art school mumbo jumbo of unemployable (((professors)))

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>>7828060
If one really takes a moment to actually try it, you will notice that one is a painting and one is a photo.

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This took around 30 minutes, working quite small.

I am quite satisfied, as I haven't done this meticulous 1:1 color practice in a while.

>>7828096
>>7828065
Do it without a custom brush like the op

>>7828098
Sketching brush is my main brush I have been using now for a while.

I could take a whack at it with just hard round brush without opacity but will have to do it later. I have usually done color matching practice with hard round / working very small size.

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>>7828098
Why? That would prove my point even better.

The point is that the level of detail in the photo doesn't match the level of detail in the painting so the colors don't have the same look, and appear much duller, even though they're exactly the same #Hex value.

AKA, no the real colors are not the 'right' colors.

>>7825528
stop looking at photos and try it without help

>>7828060
>you will notice there's hints of orange in the grass
What

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I'm pretty good with color and I never studied Jack shit about color theory.

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>>7825528
Stop color picking it's not going to work in first place.
Colors have their purpose. Shadow defines shape and just placing color randomly is not going to work.

Try starting with black and white images to understand how shading works and how colors change the tone.

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>>7825528
Are we scared of values this days ?

>>7828051
if you pick the exact colors and put them in the exact place as in the reference you just get the exact image in the reference. just find a non desaturated and mushy reference of which there are plenty for landscapes

>>7828350
pyw

what's wrong with color picking? every rendering and color guide I've come across so far recommend color picking when you're starting out