Video Transcript

 

 

Hi, my name is Michelle and I'll be showing you how to turn your sketches into painted masterpieces

 

To begin, you need to have a sketch as a base or even some lineart, if you choose.

 

You can either sketch it right now by opening a new canvas, you can open up a digital sketch that you've already done, or you can open a traditional sketch.

 

In Open Canvas 1.1, click on "File" and "Open". Locate the image file on your computer. Remember that if you choose to open any other file type other than a WPB, you'll be unable to save your event file and as such will no longer be able to replay your process. For more information on the Event Files see the replaying files video. The link to the video is below.

 

Once you have your sketch opened, you're ready to begin.

 

So, the first thing we're gonna do it is just take a look of a sketch overall and create a new layer. The new layer is what we're going to use to block in the colour of the sketch.

 

So, I'm just going to make my brush a little bit bigger and fiddle around a little with the opacity until I'm satisfied and then I'm going to start blocking in the colour

 

A good way to start this process is by choosing a background colour.

 

Although in open camp is the multiply function of the layers doesn't really work well for this you have to plan ahead a little

 

So, I'm just gonna sure you what I mean. I'm going to choose a greyish color for the background and I'm just gonna try to block it in.

 

So I've lowered the opacity of the sketch layer, and as you can see --oops! I'm actually still on the sketch layer which is a very, very bad thing to do.

 

You have to be really careful about this and make sure you're always aware of which layer you're on. So, undo, CTRL + Z, we're good still.

 

So, now I'm on the layer on top and I am colouring in the background and as you can see the sketch is still visible.

 

Alright, but now add a new layer.

 

It's going to multiply, and then we're going to choose the skin colour and oh, it's really, really dark.

 

It's darker than I was expecting and look at that the lighter colour isn't really working

 

So, let's just take a look at how it looks underneath--so the background is multiplying on top of the previous layer and it looks so much better when the background isn't there. So, we're just going to use the white background as our background because the multiply effect just doesn't lend itself well.

 

Alright, so I'm going to pick out some more colors for my palette, and just as an aside it's really important that you don't just choose the same colours from the same section have to make sure that you're adding a little bit of reds and yellows and surprisingly purples, it adds for a less muddy skin tone.

 

It's really scary the first time trying to add what I would consider "non-natural" colours, but you just got to give it a go.

 

Okay, so now that we've got the palette down and just gonna start blocking in the colour so remember that cheeks tend to be a little bit redder because the blood vessels are closer to the skin surface. You'll find a similar thing with the nose and then you'll find that the forehead tends to be a little bit more yellowish

 

and the chin and neck area tends to be a little more purplish--it has had less saturated tones. So, I'm just gonna a block in the colour quickly.

 

Once we have all the colours blocked in, we're gonna start adding the shadows

 

Don't worry about the shadow and the painting being particularly neat. It's a painting, so it doesn't have to be perfect

 

I'm just going to mess around a little with the colours. Just remember that we're looking for a nice smooth blending.

 

so you'll have to constantly be using the brush, finding where the colour that you're painting on top of and the new colour you're adding meets, then selecting the colour that is a mix between the two and then using that to smooth your edges. Okay?

 

So now I want to cast harder shadows, so areas where it's a lot darker

 

So, I usually pull out the pen brush instead of just using the watercolour. That way I cann remember where some of the harsher shadows are supposed to go.

 

Alright, and that's everything to do a painting. If you have any questions or concerns about saving the document, make sure you see the link below to the saving your file video. Alright, that's it, happy painting!