I created the custom brushes to do specific things I did not cover the creation of custom brushes because it is beyond the scope of this tutorial. I also worked with brushes that I created from scratch. However, I did vary the size and opacity of the default brushes by making adjustments from the property bar. In this painting, I worked mostly with the Painter 12 default brushes listed above. I listed some of my favorite Painter 12 default brushes in the following table: Brush categoryĭigital Airbrush, Variable Splatter, Pepper Spray I use a variety of custom and default Painter brushes, as well as custom and default Painter papers. Now that the color scheme and values are set, I start painting on the image. I completed all of the work on the canvas layer. In this example, I drew the knight's lance. During this stage, I continue making drawing adjustments. Once the Digital Watercolor layer is dry, I can no longer make adjustments to the Diffusion and Wet Fringe settings. Once I'm finished establishing the original colors and values, I dry the Digital Watercolor layer by choosing Layers > Dry Digital Watercolor. The diffused strokes spread into the active paper texture. I can also interactively adjust the wet fringe and diffusion of the strokes. The lighter brushstrokes replace any darker ones. Unlike traditional watercolor, I can use them to paint back into the Digital Watercolor with lighter colors. Digital Watercolor brushes cover the image with transparent colors, which allow me to quickly establish color schemes and value harmonies. One of my favorite ways to establish the colors and values in a painting is to use the Digital Watercolor brushes. I use a variety of ways to get rid of the white in the initial sketch. Even with the powerful adjustment tools available to the digital artist, it takes significantly more effort to make color and value changes late in the painting process. It is much easier to make color and value changes early in the painting process. This also gives me an early idea of how my finished painting will look like. Therefore, covering the white with value and color is an essential first step. White is distracting and it makes all of the other colors next to it look dark. The first real brushstrokes that I apply to the painting are to get rid of the white in the image. Establishing the initial colors and values of the painting This is not an issue in the final painting. The brushstrokes that I paint early in the process tend to blur as I increase the size. As I begin finishing the image, I gradually increase the size of the painting. I find it easier to work with a smaller image when doing the early painting simply because it is less work. In preparation for the next step, I resize the image so it's about 1000 pixels in the largest dimension. It is not uncommon for me to have approximately 100 different saved versions of each painting. I also save a new image after working about 30 minutes without saving. From this point forward, I use Iterative Save right before and after I make any significant changes to the painting. Every time I save, a new file is created with a number attached. The Iterative Save feature tracks the changes that I make to a file by saving multiple versions of the file. When the drawing is satisfactory, I save the image by using Iterative Save ( File > Iterative Save or Ctrl + Alt + S ( Win) Cmd + Opt + S ( Mac)). To use the sketch in Painter, I scanned the drawing at 200 dpi, saved it as a PNG file, and then opened it in Corel Painter 12. I created my initial sketches using colored pencils on a piece of paper. Sometimes the title of a painting just happens that way. Similar to a real s'more, the poor knight character is like a warm marshmallow sandwiched between layers of crispy armor. The title came to me only while painting the image. Hence, the final idea for the painting was born.Īt the start of the sketch, I didn't have a title. Instead of dragons feeding worms to their young, it seemed more likely they would use defeated knights. I did, however, switch from birds to dragons. While it doesn't convey the original idea exactly, I felt that, thematically, it was close enough, so I decided to go with it. Unlike many of my digital paintings, the idea for this painting was roughly based around the concept of, "the wisdom of the elders being passed down to the youth." I started by sketching different variants of the original idea and then eventually worked my way towards birds feeding their young. Painting "S'mores" using Corel Painter 12 Where the idea came from One Creative Pen Display + Painter 2022.Cintiq 16 Creative Pen Display + Painter 2022.
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