I'd love to color in a painterly style but I have a really hard time wrapping my head around it and how it works for some reason. Do you happen to know any good tutorials or resources for it? Because I love the way your painterly work looks (I think that's what the style is called).
i watch things on youtube, here are some i’ve found have a pretty good grasp on things: sinix design has some cool tips, tyler edlin posts professional critiques (think concept art, backgrounds, etc) and tips on painting light, composition, storytelling. laura price paints backgrounds and makes some tutorials and speedpaints on her channel. (sometimes just watching someone paint is super helpful.) Astri Lohne has some cool and helpful stuff on her youtube as well, and
i recently started following a youtube channel called ctrl+paint which has really simple and clear tips and video courses on painting (aaaand making concept art), and i think i recommend starting from that one.
all of these are focused on pretty specific type of professional concept art, and some of them have philosophies aren’t necessarily helpful to all artists (i have learned), so take their advice/critiques with a grain of salt. i’ve found a lot of what they put out there helpful though. i’ve been influenced by a lot more things than just these kinda of tutorials though, and gotten a lot more help in drawing (i did start by painting with watercolors and acrylics).
real life physics with light is pretty important to understand with painting? i also look at 3d models especially for family animated movies!
hope that helps some!
