Research: Environment Painting Tutorials

I have gathered some resources from Youtube to watch in order to learn how professionals start and build a digital painting.

Youtube User: Idrawgirls





                                                                                                                          

 

Analysis:

Rough sketch to start. Basic line. Drawing on grey.

Lay out colour scheme using soft brush. Complimentary colours used for land and sky.
Work on establishing the fore-ground first: working on shadows, then highlights.

With this painting, the further away the object, the colour of the sky washes into the forground and bleeds in.
Keep the lighting consistent, shadows need to stay on one side of objects and highlights need to stay on the other It looks like he's using an angled, flat and slightly textured brush.

Adjusting colour : the more contrast and saturation in the front, the more it'll be separated from the back.
adds a sense of depth.

Texture brushes can be used to help add in the extra detail.

                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                          

Youtube User: ScotDrake