{"id":589,"date":"2010-08-16T15:07:20","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T14:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=589"},"modified":"2010-08-16T15:07:20","modified_gmt":"2010-08-16T14:07:20","slug":"this-is-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/this-is-why\/","title":{"rendered":"This is why&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;I don&#8217;t paint digitally \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Recently I started a painting of Rivendell after the Elves had gone on their merry way. My initial sketch made me think I need to plan the painting properly and so the idea came why not try and do it digitally instead of in watercolours. This was really a big mistake, I like using watercolours, I don&#8217;t understand them but I do get some sort of physical feedback as I paint. When I was trying to create this digital piece it did not feel &#8216;real&#8217; to me, it&#8217;s not something I can explain very well but there was no sense of connection between me and the image that was appearing on screen. Now, after far too many hours on this &#8216;thing&#8217; I need to get the watercolours out and play for a while.<\/p>\n<p>So, here is my first, and probably last, digital painting of Rivendell (to show how it came about I&#8217;ll start with the pencil sketch ;-))<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_rough.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"709\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-588\" title=\"rivendell_green_rough\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_rough.jpg\" alt=\"rivendell_green_rough\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_rough.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_rough-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_rough-768x605.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the completed piece&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_670.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"823\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-585\" title=\"rivendell_green_670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_670.jpg\" alt=\"rivendell_green_670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_670.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_670-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a couple of close up images&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_detail2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1006\" height=\"1044\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-586\" title=\"rivendell_green_detail2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_detail2.jpg\" alt=\"rivendell_green_detail2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_detail2.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_detail2-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_detail2-768x797.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_detail2-987x1024.jpg 987w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1006px) 100vw, 1006px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_detail1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"452\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-587\" title=\"rivendell_green_detail1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_detail1.jpg\" alt=\"rivendell_green_detail1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_detail1.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_detail1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/rivendell_green_detail1-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;I don&#8217;t paint digitally 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