The Supermoon

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It was just yesterday when the phenomenon of Super Moon bacame the talk of town. The rare lunar eclipse was supposed to be a spectacle for the eyes....I was lucky to capture the blue blood moon in its fully glory when I was having a drink with my friend. Here is the actual picture of the moon doing its thing.

I start with a sketch and then I start to include colours onto the canvas. I play with the blue colour to find the right mood and then I started doing a rough sketch. When I managed to get a correct composition, I started sketching a tradtional Malay house as an accompanying subject. Once I am done with the key colour, I proceed with the deailing process.

From the key art I start to breakdown the layers and separate it according to each postion. In the first layer I start with the colours of the sky and the moon. The sky process I start with royal blue whilst for the moon and its moon glow, I use aqua blue with a touch of green.

After I am done with the sky I will focus on the middle ground. The colour information that I gather from the key art will help me mixing the colours. The process I would stress on the details of the moon light that hits the ground. Therefore I will highlight the grass with a little blue colour which is a direct result of the moon's shine.

I will include a house which is my second subject in the proess and I will make the house with more details and improve on it neatness.

To imporve on the depth of filed, I will inlcude a foreground as my third subject and it will improve the view flow when I incorporate the candle's light in the house. It is good as an increase in the general appeal of the artwork.

From my library source, I will try to get a painting from a different angle and this time in a wide view. This is the advantage of digital painting because it can position the every subject that you have created in a perfect location.

That is how I managed to reduce the lunar eclipse into my canvas.

credit to @zomagic