Diana (hand-painted)

• pentaxuser

• Jun 3, 2012

Another great one. It looks as if it is the sky that's hand coloured and may be a subtle touch of green in the trees. The rest has a nice sepia old fashioned look that perfect for the scene. Am I right and if so how do you keep the sky colour out of those objects that intrude into the sky? Thanks

 

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  eddie

• Jun 3, 2012

The only color is in the sky. I haven't added any green, but I'm thinking about doing so. If I do, I'll repost it. When the paint is first applied, it does cover some of the objects that intrude into the sky. Once the paint dries, I use erasers to remove it from the lamppost and the rooftops.

 

• pentaxuser

• Jun 3, 2012

Thanks Eddie. Nice to know that erasers remove colour this well. It might be my scanner or it might be that the blue of the sky creates a subtle and very natural greeness in the tree in the viewer's mind i.e. the mind adds the greenesspentaxuser

 

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  bsdunek

• Jun 3, 2012

I like the subtle coloring. It really enhances the picture, more that if it was overdone.

 

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  eddie

• Jun 3, 2012

Bruce- You hand paint... You know sometimes subtle is better.