Understanding contrast
This digital painting was partially inspired from when I painted a flower on my face for a radiation treatment. In my art journey, I noticed I tend to gravitate to certain colors when painting. As I keep practicing and finding my style(s), I’m learning to think more about contrast. In a first version of this painting, I had the hair in pink which eventually I changed to yellow to practice this concept.
![](https://andreaacosta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/digital-fairy-bird1.jpg)
![](https://andreaacosta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/digital-fairy-bird2.jpg)
![](https://andreaacosta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/digital-fairy-ref.jpg)
Click here to check out the watercolor version.