10 SECRET Painterly Techniques

Summary by Krater

The creator demonstrates ten painterly digital painting techniques in Adobe Photoshop, such as using textured bases, color dynamics, painting along forms, watercolor brushes, mixer brushes, brush erasers, color range selection, blending modes, stylized filters, and cloud brushes, applied to a digital illustration of a character playing a piano beneath a tree.

From the video

Answers: What are the ten painterly techniques for digital painting in Photoshop?

• Digital painting techniques
• Adobe Photoshop illustration tips
• Painterly art style
• Digital brush customization
• Texture and color dynamics

What it concludes

• Using a textured base photograph as an underpainting creates visual interest and foundation for a painting.
• Color dynamics allow the brush program to sample colors from the underlying texture to create harmonious color blending.
• Painting along the form adds dimension, structure, purpose, and confidence to brush strokes.
• Using watercolor brushes with varying transparency helps achieve a detailed, Ghibli-esque painterly landscape look.
• Mixer brushes and smudging help blend layers to produce a traditional oil painting appearance.
• Using brush erasers with texture instead of a standard eraser adds painterly character to erased areas and edges of strokes.