Practice using the brushes and techniques I recommend by painting a spooky vampire girl!

ASSIGNMENT

For this project I will be using an iPad and Procreate, however, you can use any medium you feel comfortable using. I share my favorite Procreate brushes, but also go into the properties of said brushes so that you can find similar ones in whichever digital painting program you like to use! Your project for this class is to practice painting a digital portrait of a vampire girl using the brushes and techniques I share.

How it works:

Download my vampire girl sketch, OR draw your own vampire girl!
Use my reference photo, or find your own reference photo
Pick 8-10 colors from your reference photo
Trace over the major highlights, mid tones and shadows of the photo reference
Using your reference, follow along with me while I paint, employing the techniques and tips I give
Upload your designs to the Discussions tab to ask for feedback!
Upload your painting to the Project Gallery

earning to paint portraits in Procreate is so much fun but also a little daunting to those just starting out. Do your digital paintings have that tell-tale "muddy" or "soupy" look? That's OK if they do! Every new digital artist starts out that way, and I have some tips and tricks that will help you get out of the amateur-digital painting phase and help you begin painting portraits that are well-blended, with beautiful lighting and colors!

If you want to learn my process for painting illustrative, digital portraits, then this class is for you!

In this class I'll show you:

what I look for when choosing brushes, recommend my favorite brushes for purchase AND the ones that come free with Procreate
the techniques I use to get the "smooth" look in my paintings
how I find and use photo reference to create interesting palettes and lighting
how I organize my layers
my favorite Procreate functions and tools

I'll do this all by taking you through my digital painting process, starting from a black and white sketch all the way to the finishing touches. In honor of Spooky season (I created this class in September), I'll be painting a vintage vampire girl!

You can either use the same Vampire Girl sketch (download in the resources tab) and follow along, OR you can find a different photo reference to use to practice painting, OR you can sketch your own vampire girl!

While the brushes I share are for Procreate, I give tips on how you can find similar brushes in any digital painting program.

Let's get painting!

Resources:

Download the .png or .psd file of my vampire girl sketch so that you can practice painting her with me!
The photo reference I use on Pinterest

Brushes:

Retro Max Pack
Essential Max Pack
Procreate Basic Brushes

Ellie Passmore

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