On 25-4-2015 9:13, Stephen wrote:
> On 25/04/2015 07:55, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 24-4-2015 17:03, Stephen wrote:
>>> On 24/04/2015 15:27, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>> On 24-4-2015 14:22, Stephen wrote:
>>>>> On 24/04/2015 12:15, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>>>> To give an idea of the direction I want to go.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Go West, young man. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Aye, me laird :-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Don't let the sheep loose on your way out. ;_)
>>
>> What sheep? I see no sheep, except the Minister's. :-)
>>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Clearances#Year_of_the_Sheep

Thanks indeed! I love that kind of historical information. Somehow, it 
finds back its way into a scene or another. The painting of Rosa Bonheur 
is typical. 19th century ray-tracing! ;-) It would be interesting to 
work on that.

The captions says "about 1860", the signature clearly states "1850".

>
>
>>>
>>> You are becoming quite proficient with that slope pattern. If you don't
>>> mind me saying. :-)
>>>
>> Hm. It is a huge effort of trial and error each time
>
> Art not science then?

Certainly not ;-)

>
>> but using primary
>> colours first to get your bearings in each scene is a trick I can
>> recommend.
>>
>
> Yes, of course. I use Cyan with an ambient of 1 for the default texture.
> So that anything that I have missed texturing shows up.
>
Yes, and with trace(), using a pigment_map with different contrasting 
colours will show where the final hues will appear. They can then easily 
be manipulated into the right combination.

-- 
Thomas

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