Here’s a look at the final painting in this lesson Learn to Draw Caricature: Why Saving Regularly is Your Saviour! Ready to learn how to draw caricature? Having finished painting most of the face in our previous lesson, you can now zoom in and add some final details to tie your painting together. Just remember to …
As a hungry animation graduate, Sergio Paez could have wallpapered his home with all the rejection letters he got. Now, he’s one of the hottest names in the industry. Find out how he got there in this inspiring podcast artist interview.
Here’s a look at the final painting in this lesson How to Paint Hair: Learning how Colors Affect Each Other In this final part of our series on caricature painting and how to paint hair, you’ll notice how the hair is finished off using a variety of brushes and colors which follow the natural flow …
In this lesson, you’ll be drawing the hands and skirt for your cartoon pin-up girl Drawing the Hands Want to learn how to draw pinups? In this lesson, you’re going to learn all about drawing the hands. If you had trouble with the hands in the past – you’ll want to pay especially close attention. …
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Here’s a look at the finished image that you’ll have at the end of this lesson on realistic portrait painting. Realistic Portrait Painting: Adding the Light Values Are you ready to learn more about realistic portrait painting in Photoshop? Now that the major dark shapes have been defined you are going to want to start …
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Here is the final painting for this painting portraits tutorial. Flip the Canvas to Start Your Painting Portraits Tutorial Start off this painting portraits tutorial by flipping your canvas horizontally. This helps your brain to readjust to the image, almost like you are seeing it again for the first time. This is important to do, especially …
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When you finish this digital art portrait tutorial, you’ll have the values nicely defined and most of the details added into your painting. Types of Shadows There are two different types of shadows you’ll be learning about in this digital art portrait tutorial: Form Shadows: These occur when a form is turning away from the light. …
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Here’s a look at the detail in the eyes that you will have at the end of this lesson on painting a realistic portrait. Painting a Realistic Portrait: Checking your Values For the next part of this tutorial on painting a realistic portrait, we’re going to look at color values. First, create a Black and …
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Here’s the final image for this lesson on how to paint realistically. Notice how the background and face coloring is all starting to come together now. How to Paint Realistically: Defining the Background Ready to learn more about how to paint realistically? Up until now, the background has been left fairly rough, but you’re going to …
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Here’s a look at the finished image for this lesson on skin color values in Photoshop. Using North Light in Your Portrait Work If you are familiar with traditional painting you have heard of the concept of using North Light in your works. To explain this term, classically trained painters use a high, north facing …
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