IWD Poster Painting II

The next step is to identify the dark areas of the composition and start painting them. I made a spot light coming from the upper right corner and instead of painting it with a lighter colour, I applied a darker tone around it to make it stand out. Next I found the shadows in her body in reference to the spot light and identified them with the same tone I just used for the background. The result is shown in the picture.

IWD Poster painting

The next step is to prepare the masonite with a coat of gesso and then make a pencil drawing of the
woman. The next step is to start painting the background colour with acrylic. I chose to paint a green background and the result of my paint mix was a lime green look which I was happy with.

IWD Poster colour comps

 The next step in completing my poster is to choose the right colours for the composition and to this I used the website: www.colorschemedesigner.com which is a good reference of colour schemes. I chose to use the Triad colour scheme and thats how I got my combinations in the pictures. For the key colour I tried both warm and cool colours to see some variation and choose the best combination. At the end I decided to go with the green and purple combination.

 

IWD Poster Thumbnails

For my thumbnails I started with an idea of showing mostly her head but then I thought of making her on stage. First I had the idea of making her singing, then I remembered her main quality is dancing and thats where my third idea comes in. I also want to bring focus to her with a light from a corner or the two corners, that way I can also have a light effect on her body and play around with highlights and shadows.

Inspiration Image

This is the image I chose from the Al Parker's collection. I liked this one because of the details and realism he uses in the faces and the solid, shaped elements throughout the rest of the picture. I would like to try something like this for my poster, I think is a very interesting technique.

International Women's Day Poster

For my International Women's Day poster I am going to do my work on Shakira. I think Shakira is an influential women because not only she is an extraordinary artist, but she is also a person who helps the people who need it the most. She has a non-profit foundation called Barefoot Foundation, and it's mission is to make education universally available to every child.