MONTHLY CHALLENGE // glossy surfaces (Patreon)

September always reminds me of shiny, red apples 🍎 So I thought it would be fun to take a closer look at the kind of glossy texture they have. That's why for this month's challenge we will be making glossy surface studies together! You can draw any subject matter - fruit, leaves, honey, candy - basically anything that has a shiny, glossy surface! There's a lot of images in the reference folder, and the inspiration folder has interesting examples of how you can approach this in a stylized, unique way.Visit this link to find all essential info about the challenge, including:

an overview of the challenge information

tips & advice

links to resources to help you complete it

a bonus challenge for if you have extra time

folders with reference images and inspiration images

Below is the list of helpful resources that can help you complete this challenge:

PAINTING DIFFERENT SURFACES: This tutorial provides a simplified, structured workflow to convey different types of surface textures, including shiny and glossy ones.

SOFT & HARD EDGES WITH THE LASSO: This a great workflow for capturing soft gradations as well as harder edges! 

PROCESS // IVY LEAVES: This is the full process video for drawing glossy, reflective ivy leaves.

There is also a PDF file attached to this post with the challenge information, including clickable links.

I can't wait to see what you make! Feel free to post the results on social media with the hashtag #LoishPatreonChallenge, or share your results in the thread over in the discord server!