Speedpainting Challenge #2, Lady in truck

This is the 2nd speedpainting challenge. I've enclosed cells and tips on how to produce this painting. In the challenge #1, I showed you how to produce a 4 color grayscale painting of a sunflower. Here, in this project of the "lady in truck", I will show you how to produce a color painting using the same technique. This time, we'll produce 3 sets of paintings. You will produce 5 shades of cyan, 5 shades of magenta and 5 shades of yellow. Thats 3 sets of paintings, cyan, magenta and yellow. That is 5+5+5=15. Below are 15 images. I call those, "15 cells". Each cell has 1 letter and a number. You have c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, m1, m2, m3, m4, m5, y1, y2, y3, y4 and y5. Thats 15 cells all together. Here, I will show you how to compose those 15 paintings together to produce an image, digitally. Don't let digital discourage you. I'll, also show you how to make a real painting using these techniques listed here. You can paint 15 individual paintings to compose together digitally using a painting app or you can paint one canvas. Try reverse painting on glass. You can paint on the flip side of the cells. If you do the flip side, you should use oils or pure color inks. Anything that doesn't have water. Acrylics and water will make the paper buckle. Thats why freezer paper works good and it's cheap.

Buy a big tea jar from your local store. Stick a lamp in it. You can put the tea jar on top of a swivel board to rotate the jar, the drum.

Tape your cell to the drum

Tape your freezer paper on top of the cell.

Make registration marks and label them. Mark the corners of the cell. Look for the black dots at the corners and mark those too. The registration marks are the most important part of the process. You must provide registration marks. Labeling them is important as well.

Put clear tape on top of the registration marks so you wouldn't paint over them. Remove the clear tape after you painted the freezer paper.

Pick-A-Paint.

Mix the paints. Make a middle color. Not too light or too dark. Make sure you use a color like red or blue. Use colors that scans well. You'll need to see the differences between the black on the cells and the color paints. If you paint black in the white areas, you'll get lost in where to apply paint. Colored paints helps you see where the edges are.

Apply paint on paper. Here, you'll also see my homemade paint tube made of freezer paper and tape. In this case, the paper paint tube helped keep my paint from drying too fast and keeps my paints nearby. You could use paint straight from the tube.

Paint in white areas. Do not paint in the black areas. Being accurate depends on your creativity.

Trim the 15 cells to the crop marks so they would fit on the scanner. Scan them. Be sure you scan the crop marks and the labels. Don't print the cells too big for your scanner.

The fine thin lines represents the edges of things in case you want to work with your brushstrokes. The way you brushstroke can add details and feel. Just ignore the fine lines and paint over them.

Once you have all 15 painted and scanned, you can import them into your painting apps. Each cells have their own layers. The crop marks should register with the rest of the crop marks. You can colorize each layer according to the colors of the labels. You use opacity on each layer. Like c1 would be cyan color with light opacity like 10%-20%. C5 should be very dark. Each layer may be multiplied. If all that sounds complicated, you could post all your results here in the comments and I could, if I can, compose them for you for some Steem dollars.

Or you could do them totally different. You can project the cells and paint on a single canvas. C1 would be cyan with a 10%-20% wash or transparent. C3 or c4 would be a heavier cyan wash. C5 would be the heaviest or darkest wash. You could even calibrate your paintings with quality control . C3, m3 and y3 should produce a medium gray. C1, m1 and y1 would be light gray. But don't let it stop you there. You could control colors and make bluish gray or reddish grey. Cool or warm colors. Maybe hot fierce colors or icy cold colors. Or maybe just plain color control by the numbers.

Art commissions are available for steem dollars as well. Custom cells for your painting are available. Beginners and advanced artist can do speedpainting. You can do murals on this way as well.

Have FUN ! Ask questions here or share your comments.