I should have asked this in my first ask, but I have another question, this time about your actual art process: Do you ave any tips when it comes to actually painting? I always start getting discouraged at the point where I'm adding flat colours and values, and if i do make it to that point then I just get so confused by rendering and focused on different brushes that I never get passed the first tiny section. You always render so beautifully in your paintings, and I was you had any tips for it!
if getting both the colors and the values right at the same time intimidates you, i suggest starting with painting only the values! you can always add in color later using layers with the blending mode set to either overlay, color, soft light, multiply, etc. there are plenty of tutorials about that online. or just paint flat out b&w pictures; no one’s rushing you to do color immediately. the best outcome tends to come out of painting both value and color simultaneously, but it’s definitely something you have to learn how to do correctly. a practical tip for coloring would be to always remember that cold highlights need warm shadows and vice versa; never only add black or white, you’ve got to shift the hue and saturation too.
as for brushes, i suggest using only a handful of brushes. don’t get greedy and use ten different brushes for a simple painting. basically you’ll only need a soft opaque round brush for initial value painting and color, a sharp brush for detailing, and a brush with pen pressure opacity for airbrushing. The latter can have some sort of fancy paintbrush texture if you want; just take all the time you need exploring what feels like the right brush set for you!
when starting out your painting, you wanna make sure to focus on the big picture. don’t start out with twiddling with the tiniest details; figure out the basic shapes first and how light and color behaves on them. i usually don’t zoom in very much at all when working, and that helps me stay in my lane, so to speak. don’t focus on one part until it’s finished only to notice you haven’t even started rendering the rest of the painting; it’s good to keep a consistent level of detail throughout the piece all the time when working.
that’s pretty much all i got off the top of my head :’ D
