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Art Ideas for Inspiration: Illustrating Mood of a Story

Artists can find inspiration in the setting of a story. Use a favorite story to get creative juices flowing by following the tips in this free painting and drawing lesson from an art instructor.

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And we want to be in a gloomy forest, so I made a mistake by starting on white, I want to start on a gloomy color. So I went and found myself a gloomy color. So we've got a gloomy color right here and I'm just going to reset my figures here a little bit, it doesn't take very long. And put Mr., poor little Mr. Woodmaker down there, and Hansel and Gretel go there, and we've got to have our trees way in the back like that, and we can keep going. But having changed the background, it does become a little bit more about being scared at night, and the trees become just that little bit extra bit of threatening, as does the witch looming over here. So this is real quick. Again, it's not complicated, it doesn't take a lot of technique. You're not sitting here going "Oh my gosh, I need to shadow this and make this look round and everything", but you're playing with getting your mind to think about a story and get yourself in the mood and ask you how you could transfer that mood into something that's visual.

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Art Ideas for Inspiration: Illustrating Mood of a Story

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