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1. Introduction: Hi, I'm Maria Rivera. Usually I paint with traditional
media, usually acrylic. I paint still lifes
and abstracts mostly. But recently I found
this app called outrage. And I have found
that it is great for creating digital
painting studies that I can later taken transfer
into a larger canvas. So I use the digital
painting study as inspiration for
a larger piece. So I actually created
this digitally first and that put it on the
canvas with acrylic paints. So aren't rages for
you to download. It's easy to use and
that's a lot of fun. Alright, so let's get started.
2. Part 1: Beginning your digital painting: The first thing you
wanna do is open the artery Jaap and
start a new painting. And here you can add
a background and pick a paper texture
for the background. You can also change the
size and everything. When I began a digital painting and traditional paintings
for that matter, I almost always start
off with the color black and just lay down some
marks on the canvas. So I like that Breyer tool. They are at the bottom left and I'm changing the thickness. And now I'm mark-making, putting down some hearts. And I like to, I usually put some marks on the
canvas in a few places. You can kinda see that a
lot in the bottom-left, some at the top right, and that little area of
black at the bottom light. Trying to decide
which color I want. There's orange, we'll
go with orange. And these are the wires. You can add different layers
in your digital painting. And I am changing the transparency and see how that black is showing through that
orange a little bit. That's because I made the layer
a little bit transparent. So I like to, when I add color, just kind of place the color
all around the canvas. So I put orange and a
couple of different places. And then now I'm going to take some kinda like a
turquoise color, turquoise, blue, and add
a little bit of that. And by the time
we get to the end of this digital painting, there will be tons of layers. So almost every time
I add a new color, I started a new layer. Just about every time. Adding some little marks, they're changing the thickness. I don't want all my marks
to be the same size. So see how the third
one I made smaller. It's a little less thick. Snake. I have this
reddish pink color, kinda like a hot pink is
not a gorgeous color. And I'm adding new layer. And this layer I did not
add transparency to. So the underneath
color that blue should not show through at all. Changing the thickness. And I'm adding a new layer and change the
transparency to about 54%. And see how that, to see how awesome that is, How that the
underneath color show through a little bit
with that transparency. I really like that. That helps you build
up your layers in it. What it really does
is it helps give your digital
painting more depth. Everything doesn't look so flat. So now I'm going back to
this orange, orangey color. Make it a little more yellow. So it's kind of a
yellowish color. Add a new layer. Change the transparency
this time to 87%. And I'm adding little bit of
yellow bottom left corner. And you know, this
digital painting doesn't look like much yet, but by the time we
get to the end, it's going to look pretty cool. Use have to build up your
layers and keep adding more color and work
on the composition. Gallo notification there. I felt I turn those off, but I guess I didn't.
3. Part 2: Adding colors + layers: So continuing on with this
painting, changing colors, going to go with a
purple color. This time. Add a little mark on
the left at the bottom and put a little bit
more at the top right. See you see how I tried to
put put the different colors, place them in several
places on the canvas. That helps your eye move around the entire piece and not
just get stuck in one area. Now, there are
exceptions to the rule. Sometimes in my focal point, I'll have a unique color that's nowhere else
in the painting. I'll just have it in one spot, but that's my focal point. I usually usually don't do that. And other areas of the painting. So now I'm adding on
white with transparency. So you can kinda see the other layers shining through, showing
through underneath. Now a lot of times what
I'll do is I'll take white and I'll block out different areas of
the digital painting. So kinda, you know, that gives your
eyes areas of rest.
4. Part 3: Adding colors + layers cont.: I had just added a new layer
from the previous video. And now I'm deciding
on a new color. We still don't have
much to look at. It looks pretty basic. Going to have to build
up these layers more. Add lots of color. And say I have some
transparency on there again, kind of blocking out that hole. Top-right section. A lot of times when
I block out areas, I'll do it with white. But you can choose
any color you'd like. There's no specific rule that
says you have to use white. I like white. I think it makes the
painting brighter, lighter, more airy,
adding a new layer. And I have that. I guess it's
kinda like a teal color. They're adding those
lines on the right. And I made the I made one
of them a different size. As you can see, it's good. The vary up your marks, make them different
sizes, different colors. You don't want them
all to look the same because that's just
kinda boring, isn't it? Yes, I'm trying to come at this digital painting with my traditional
painting background. I usually paint with
acrylics on canvas or wood. And this digital painting
is a lot of fun though, and I'm finding that
they make good studies. So these are great to plan out different compositions
for my regular paintings. And in a future video, I will be sharing a
painting that I create from this digital painting onto a regular Canvas
with actual paint. So stay tuned for that. I'm hoping to get that
done here pretty soon. This digital painting,
actually, it's a lot of fun. Just a, I find it's nice, a nice way to come up with
compositions for my fine art. While I sit on the couch
in the living room.
5. Part 4: Adding colors + layers cont.: So we're continuing on
with this composition, this digital painting, and
going to add some white, adding a new layer. I just love adding these
transparent layers. So going over the top right, kind of blocking
out some of that gives your eye resting
area and the painting. Now I'm going to choose
a different color. Go with a yellow. This is a very bright yellow. And adding a new layer. Maybe try some black again. And you'll notice I'm still
using that Breyer tool. I use it all the time. Read just switched
that. I just switched it to the pen tool. And I changed the thickness, made it pretty thin. And now I'm adding some marks. And when I add these
types of Mark, so I like to do it a few places. I like to place them in a
few areas on the Canvas. Maybe one large area and
a couple other areas.
6. Part 5: Developing your composition: I think this composition
is just know, kinda starting to take shape. So now I'm using that. I believe it's a crayon
tool or an oil slick tool. Maybe. Going to choose
a color for this. And I really like this tool. It has a rough edge to it. Things middle dots and the
lower left-hand corner. And also placing some of
these in a small area. Also on the yellow
color off to the right. And starting a new layer. And I don't think I added in a transparency to this layer. So I'm going back to the brayer and one at
that thicker line, that Breyer tool allows you
to place pretty thick lines. I decided I wanted this white area at the top right to be
more of a solid color. I'm placing some little marks. I'm making these marks by just clicking one time,
a short click, and then moving my stylus over a little bit and
almost like little dots, I'm like putting little dots but it's with the brayer tool so they make like little
long marks like I just did. And you new layer
change the opacity. Make it a little
more transparent. And see this, there's a lot of transparency in this layer. Down at the bottom, I'm
adding that white color. I'm also adding some
to the top left. See how can I go all around the canvas?
I call it a Canvas. I'm used to calling it a
Canvas since I'm a more of a traditional painter rather
than a digital painter. Kinda, you know, adding
that white in there adds some more contrast. You want to have a
lot of contrast in your paintings to make
them interesting. And contrasts also
known as values. Your darks and lights. You don't want to have mostly the same value
in your paintings. You want to have a lot of dark. So on a blight in betweens here, you want to have a
big range of values. So I'm adding a little bit of that hot pink over to the right. Now when I paint this on
a traditional canvas, my colors probably
won't be this bright. I find that my digital
paintings are always, usually brighter than
my actual paintings. They'll still be bright, but are probably tone them
down just a little bit. Adding some more
layers at the top, extending that white area
out a little bit more. Getting a new color. Going from black again. And I'm changing the thickness
of that oil stake tool. As you can see, I'm
adding a little bit over some more lines. I'm adding some more
lines over to the left. I like to use different kinds
of marks in my paintings. So I'll use lines, dots. Sometimes I use triangles. Just try to vary it
up a little bit. I'm making that wine darker. Kinda corks. I have the lighter line underneath and the
darker one on top. So sometimes when you do that it gives an extra illusion of
a little bit more depth. So I'm adding some
of this dark color. I want my line to
be thicker though, adding some the top-right. And I really like that
black on that white. So I made that line, the
last one a little bit curvy. So I made it quite a bit
different than the other two. And that's also a different
size, different width. Snomed grabbing this
teal color again, it's a little bit different,
slightly different than the last time
I use that color. The other one was a
little more blue. This one's a little more green. Adding some there
at the top left. Some lines. And I feel like this composition is really starting
to take shape. I felt like it's going
somewhere finally. And a lot of times you
just have to play around. It's a lot of playing around adding and subtracting elements. So yeah, it might get a little
busy all over the canvas. So you might want to
block out parts of it and then add to it again, take away at two and subtract. And sometimes I can come up with a good composition
pretty quickly. And then other times it
takes a lot more effort. It just depends. It all depends. I think most artists
are like that. I think sometimes we're able
to come up with something quickly and other times it
takes a little more time in, you know, there's
no right or wrong. Just takes a lot of
practice and determination. So I just added some lines up there towards
the middle of the top. And I believe those
were transparent. Lines done in black are
not totally transparent, but they look like they were about 50 percent transparency, maybe adding a new layer. And as you can see, while creating this digital
painting, like I said, that at the beginning, I add lots and lots of layers. So I add a layer almost
every time I add a mark or a new color. And what's good about that? And never really said until now. But what's good about adding those layers is that
if you want to go back and delete a
layer that you did earlier or go back and edit it. You can do so. And when you add lots of layers, when you add a new
layer for every color, every thing you're doing, it just makes it
easier to go back and edit those if you need to. And you don't have a big
area that you're editing. You can just edit these little small
pieces of your painting. So I'm adding some more
white in the middle. This digital paintings
are a lot of fun. And like I said before, are they, they really are. They're great for studies. I consider these little
studies that I'm doing. And I can take what I've done in these little digital paintings and transfer them to a regular, traditional canvas with
paints, actual paints. Some time blocking out some
white at the bottom right.
7. Part 6: Digging in further to your composition: So I'm starting to love the
way this is coming together. It's starting to
look like something, well, something abstract but you, Hey, you know what I mean? So I'm going back to that pin tool and
changing the width, making a little thinner, adding some white lines
there towards the middle. So I'm going to
grab a new color. This time. I think I'm going
to go with the purple color. That's more purple in there. So I'm going to go
back to the brayer, which is my favorite tool. I think you've figured
that out by now. As that does seem
to be my favorite. And I'm adding a little
bit to the top left, little bit of purple. And see how, like I
mentioned earlier, see how my colors. I'm kind of placing them at different on different
areas of the canvas. So that helps your
eye kind of move around the entire composition. So I have c there, some purple to the top, loved a little bit
to the bottom left, some on the bottom right. Now I just made that Breyer tool thicker and now I'm adding
a new color, green. We don't have any green
in there yet until now. Now we have some. And I'm adding a
lighter green, also. Some of that lighter green
next to that bright green. A once again, when I create an actual traditional
painting out of this study, you know, derived
from the study. My colors probably will
not be this bright. So these are a lot brighter. I could make them that
bright if I wanted to. But I typically, my
paintings are bright, but they're usually
not this bright. So I'm adding some white
lines off to the left. And look at my layers here, see how many layers I have. I have tons of layers. So I'm once again working with a layer that has some
transparency to it. And some white down there
at the bottom you can see the black line showing through. And you can really tell that this digital painting
is starting to have a little bit of depth
to it because of all of these layers and the
transparency in the layers. So I'm just kind of putting some white and they're
off to the left. And I decided I did not want that large of a
white area there. So I ended all of
my last actions. I didn't like the way
it looked on there, the width, the shape
of it and everything. So I'm redoing it. And this time the shape is
a little bit different. Something I need to
mention what I'm doing here is I'm
saving this painting. I have saved it several
times up to this point. I would recommend, I just
didn't have that on film. But I would recommend saving
your digital painting every, I don't know, every few minutes
maybe because you never know when the app might crash. Like sometimes that happens
with apps or, you know, just to be on the safe side, just save it every
couple minutes, every three minutes maybe. I'm adding some teal again. Adding some more teal. I really like that color. So pretty it looks so pretty
with that hot pink up there. And did that I decided I
didn't like it like that. So it's a little
bit of that off. And adding a new layer. Once again, adding
another layer, you want to have lots of layers, so you can go back and edit
the previous ones if you need to without messing up
everything else around it. So I'm adding some of
that color there again, I just didn't like the
way it was before. I didn't like the shape of it, so I kinda changed
it up a little bit. Now. I have this light
peak adding a new layer. And I made the transparency
about it about 53 percent. And I'm adding some pink. Now I'm saving the
painting again. And you can give it a title. I haven't given it a title yet. Because of this point, I
hadn't decided what I wanted to name the painting,
what title it. Sometimes it takes me a while to come up with a
title for a painting.
8. Part 7: Finalizing your composition: So now I am choosing and other co-owner going back to plaque, adding a new layer. And I'm using that
Breyer tool once again, adding some lines
off to the left. Sometimes when I paint
in a square format, usually things like
best and odd numbers. And if you'll notice, I have three black
lines at the top right. And then I put three
on the left hand side. One of them is one of
them is really small. Two of them are a
little thicker. But usually things look
good and odd numbers, but see I have two groupings
of black lines, like I said, one at the top right, one that the, kinda
the middle loved. Sometimes when I'm
painting in square format, I like to have two
sets of things. I don't know there's something
about the square format. It creates more balance when you have something on one side
and also on the other side. So as you can
probably tell by now, my favorite tool is
the brayer tool. My second favorite
is probably the pin. How I was able to create those skinny lines,
that linework. And my third favorite is
probably this oil stick. I really like it too. B, I've definitely my favorite is
the Breyer because you can cover lots of area with
that because you can make it pretty thick, pretty wide. So now I'm going back to the
prayer with this orange, changing the width, putting a little orange
in the bottom-right. See how I have that kind of an orangey color
and the top-left. And then I also have it
in the bottom right. You know, that offers that. They kinda gives it that balance I was
talking about earlier. That balance a little
bit on each side. So now I'm taking
some of this white and adding a little bit
more to the top right. And changing colors
again this time, I'm going to go with a pink, hot pink color and
add a new layer. Changing the transparency and the opacity they
called the obesity. Obesity and transparency
are very similar. But transparency is
just when some of the underneath
layers come through. Hey city. When something's opaque, it means that you can't
see through it. And when it's transparent, it means you can. So adding some of that
pink at the top right. And so you can see
how that black is showing through the
pink a little bit. And it makes it look like a
dark pink because that black blends with that pink,
the transparency. So it makes it, it looks
kinda cool. I like that. And I really like how this composition starting
to come together. I think it's, you know, we're nearing the end. I mean, you could
you can work on a digital painting for hours
and hours and hours on end. And depending on
what your goal is, to give us an abstract piece, you can do one fairly quickly depending on
what you're going for. Or if you're creating a
still life digital painting, that might take a
little bit longer. It just depends on
what you're doing. So I'm saving the
painting again and changing colors once again
to black. New layer. Darkening those black
lines at the top right. I want to make those
little darker. I'm using that Breyer tool
again, my favorite tool. I like it because you can add
so much color or one time. You can cover a big
area with that tool. So I'm also making those black lines on the
left a little bit darker. I'm going over those as well. So now I'm saving
the painting again. So the last thing I'm
doing here is I'm adding a little bit more
black at the top right. And I think I might add a
little bit the bottom as well. And I think I just might be
done with this digital paint.
9. Thank You!: Thank you so much
for joining me and my class. I hope you enjoyed it. If you try some
digital painting and our rage using what you
learned in my class, I would love for you to upload your photos to the
projects area. I've loved to see what you
do and be sure to follow me. So you can be notified
when I upload new classes. And if you enjoyed this class, please leave me a review. I greatly appreciate it.
Lori Rivera, Abstract + Still Life Painter
