“Peacock on the Deck” digital painting
“Peacock on the Deck” digital painting
One of my latest paintings is one I created for my ex-wife called “Peacock on the Deck” digital painting. Grace sent me an original digital image showing her new friend who visited her deck the other morning. After seeing the original, I decided to create this digital painting.
Looking at the original image I liked the form of the peacock standing on the deck. But it lacked color. I like bright colors. I know that’s one of the changes I planned to make to my digital painting.
To create the digital painting, I started by importing the original image into Adobe Photoshop. Then I outline the peacock and deck. The biggest change was the coloring on the tail feathers. In the original image, the tail feathers were winter dull and gray. One of the lessons I learned from Karen Sperling’s wonderful books is about color theory. She talks about complimenting colors. Blue and green are complementary colors.
Since the head area was blue and green, I painted the tail feathers the same. To contrast the bright colors of the peacock, I painted the deck muted colors. In the end, I’m pleased with the result. I showed the final version to Grace, she liked it and allowed me to publish of the “Peacock on the Deck” digital painting!
First Art Show of the Year
On Saturday, April 23 I’ll join my fellow MAG members at Harris Pavilion in downtown Manassas for an Artist Inventory Sale show. I’ll be showing a combination of new and older digital paintings. There will be both framed and unframed matted versions of my digital photo paintings for sale. Also for sale is my book, “Digital Photo Painting using Adobe Photoshop which is also available on Amazon and my Etsy store.
P.B.S. Studios
P.B.S. Studios is a writer/photography/digital painting company that’s written and published over a hundred articles for newspapers, magazines, and online publications. I’ve also published many other photographs as illustrations in commercial and textbook publications. As a digital photo-painter, I’ve had my work displayed in Gllweiwa, libraries, restaurants, and on the streets of the City of Manassas. Check out the gallery section on my website, www.pbsstudios.com, to see digital photo paintings and other examples of my work.