Tip 2 For Painting Silver – Continually Check Your Drawing Next, I started roughing in the angle of the spout and lines on the lid (below). Plus, it’s fun.īelow I’ve started connecting some of my initial marks to create the shape of the pot. If you love the look of oil painting and like digital art, this program has you covered. There is also a Lite version of the program that is very feature-rich, but at a lower cost. It is very robust and a lot of fun to play in. ArtRage has desktop versions of the program where you can bring in grids and guides to help with your drawing. You could also use a proportional divider which would be much more simple. There are many methods for drawing your subject, so choose the one that works best for you.Ībove, I’ve roughed in a center line and am using my Apple Pencil and thumb to transfer measurements from the reference photo to the canvas. As you can see in the screenshot above, I’ve made my canvas and reference image the same size so I can get the proportions sketched in easily. I’ve mentioned the sight-size method in other posts for drawing and painting. Tip 1 For Painting Silver Objects – Using The Sight-Size Method For Drawing If you are a digital artist and not wanting to draw but want to get to painting straight away, you can import your reference image to trace. If painting traditionally in oil or acrylic, I would start with a charcoal sketch. The method I use digitally is identical to how I would approach traditional painting, minus the mixing of paint.įor this study, I’m using a traditional approach by drawing the teapot freehand with the pencil tool.

I seem to have trouble getting good photos of my physical paintings and taking screenshots of my progress on the ArtRage app makes things much easier. I’ve done a few studies in acrylic which I’ll review later, but this step-by-step tutorial is done using ArtRage on my iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil.

Painting silver objects or shiny things can seem very daunting at first, but when you break the reflections down into abstract shapes, it’s is much more manageable.

When I took up painting again a little over a year ago, I found myself wanting to paint reflective surfaces for some unknown reason. In today’s article, I’ll be going over 9+ tips and tricks for painting silver objects.

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