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7. Using the dodge and burn tools and varying the settings and brush sizes, I slowly begin to rough in the basic shading. It doesn't really matter if I mess up anything at this point, as I'll go over that area later with my airbrush tool. |
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8. I'll add color with my airbrush tool and continue to gently build up shading. As you can see, the sketch is still intact in it's own layer. It doesn't get painted on. See what the image looks like when I turn off the sketch layer: |
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This is how the colored layer looks at this point, with the sketch layer turned off. As you can see, the first steps of roughing in the color and shading is *very* rough! |
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9. After I get the shading pretty far along, I'll start to dodge some highlights, building them as slowly as I built up the shading. I'll also use the airbrush at this point to smooth and define the shading. My favorite trick for smoothing out a rough area is to use the eyedropper tool to select the exact color of that area, then gently airbrush over it with very light strokes. |
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10. Now I'll start to wean myself from the original sketch. I'll switch to the sketch layer and pull back the transparency to a level where I can still see my drawing, but more of the painting is showing through. Leave the sketch dark enough to use the linework for defining details later. |
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11. I now begin to *gently* erase parts of the sketch that don't really define areas of the piece. Don't forget to leave some linework that has detail, like the eyebrows, lips, eyes, nostrils, etc. Then at this point, I will Merge the sketch layer and the paint layer so I can gently smudge the details of the sketch into the painting. |
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12. The final stage of the painting. I continue to refine the detail, working with a much closer Zoom and smaller tools. Although I didn't use a photo reference for this piece, I recommend you use photo references when first practicing these techniques so you won't be guessing on the shading.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial!
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