The following digital painting tutorial was done in Corel Painter IX. It was painted by looking at the reference photo as if the model was sitting in front of me. The result is what spoke to me at the time I painted her.

About 6 hours to complete.

Step I: The Muck Up Stage
At this stage I blocked in some colors for placement of features and color harmony after doing a sketch. (Click on each image to view them at a bigger size.)

The following digital painting tutorial was done in Corel Painter IX. This tutorial was created to help an artist friend in the development of a digital portrait painting. She supplied me the image she started, which served as a good under painting for my painting style.

About 7 hours to complete.

Step I: Sketch Comparison

I made a sketch to compare with the painting she started and superimposed it over her painting to check feature placements. It was important to me to make sure all features were in the right place before I started to add paint to it.

The following digital painting tutorial was done in Corel Painter IX. It was painted by looking at the reference photo as if the model was sitting in front of me. The result is what spoke to me at the time I painted him.

About 3 hours to complete.

Step 1: Linear Marks

In this portrait. I started with some loose linear marks just to get the feel of his features. I didn't feel it was necessary to draw a preliminary sketch. I used a custom brush, the Big Wet Luscious from Jeremy Sutton.

The following digital painting tutorial was done in Corel Painter IX. It was painted by looking at the reference photo as if the model was sitting in front of me. The result is what spoke to me at the time I painted her.

About 3.5 hours to complete.

Step 1: Sketch

This time I did a sketch of the portrait. Sometimes I start painting right away without a sketch but I felt that I needed to sketch this particular portrait. The sketch was done with a 2B pencil.

Step 2: Adding Basic Colors

I started blocking in some basic neutral color to start getting the feeling of the shape of her face and what I wanted to express. This time, I used the Wet Soft Acrylic brush.