
Yay! Finally got some time to paint. Vacations can be really stressful, you know?
Anyway, about the subject, after some time really intrigued about why I didn't like my artworks; always tied to that awful habit of focusing on detail before actually having a clear idea of the global result, I finally became conscious about what the hell did they mean by "color scheme"! A few days ago, just after going to bed, It came to my brain like a divine revelation and I just... understood it. Clear as water. It was there, and it was so obvious! I had been listening about it so many times without actually being aware of what it meant.
That night I couldn't sleep for hours, and now there's that amazing feeling that *I* have the control during the process rather than my pictures dictating me what I must paint. Perhaps it sounds kinda dumb if you're not into painting, but if you've been like me struggling day by day, clueless about why other people get those atmospheric environments in their works while yours just don't feel harmonic, and get frustrated trying to achieve something via detail, just know: It's not about the color tones you choose at all, but the contrasts you make between each mass and what it haves behind, using VALUE! Color tone itself is the least in importance, with a simple monochromatic palette you can do awesome stuff! Light is your tool, and you are not its slave, but its master.
Damn, I suddenly feel the need to redo all my previous work. But I better hold myself. Anyway, don't want to bore you with my lesser troubles. The work just began as a very loose sketch on paper of a spidery-tree lair or something, and didn't even scan it, just played with the color and developed it around 4 -5 hours.