Position:Home>Visual Arts> How can i make a mist sorta thing on my artwork??

light shades of pastels work well,

btw im obviously talking about the chalk like pastels not oil, dnt mean to patronize u but i dont know what level ur working at

remember if its something new practice before the real peice dnt ruin it or ull hate urself
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Look, I'm not awake yet, and this answer may come out a little wrong, BUT!.!.!.

Drawing and painting are about the conveyance of information visually!. Thus linear perspective, atmospheric perspective and mists have almost exact mathematical correlations, whether we understand the math or not!.

Mist effects and atmospheric perspective are the same: atmosphere is not a vaccuum, and it is wet!. The further away something is, the lighter the values (dark and light) appear to be because some of the information about color is diverted from our eyes by water vapor in the air, and some of the information we get is about areas which are not the same as the areas we would see if we were closer or things were dryer!.

In a mist, the concentration of water molecules diffusing the direction of all the photos is much higher, so the values of what is behind a mist is much lighter and less distinct depending on how thick the water is!. also the resolution is lower!.

I'm sure you wouldn't just want to do this on your really good piece of artwork, but if it's something fixable like pencil or crayon, smudge it!. Copy the section you like into a sketchbook and smudge that to see what it looks like!. Take a rag or a piece of paper, and, carefully rub over it to lift off whatever pigment you are using!. Don't press down, rub very lightly so as few of your strokes are visible as possible!. At the same time, some strokes may actually be a good thing: after all, in a mist some parts are thicker, and the water vapor denser, than others!. For a computer generated image, select a section you want a mist on, make the values lighter on the colors you are using, and lower the resolution (I've used the anti-aliasing tool to do exactly that on several programs)!. Again, use a copy first!. Once you have gotten the effect you want, applying it to your original picture should be very straightforward!. If you understand what you are trying to do, lighten the image and lower the resolution -- carefully -- to make details go away, then you should be able to do it in ANY medium you are using!.

EDIT: Other things to do, if you are using pencil, is tap the drawing with a kneaded eraser!. Don't move it, just tap it over the area you are trying to cover!. Remember try it on a copy first, then on the original!. If you're using ink or some other permanent medium, try a white wash -- a heavily diluted white tempera or watercolor!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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