Digital art tutorial - How to paint seashells step by step
Last weekend I spent some time at the beach here in Holland and I found some wonderful seashells. I decided to take some home and make a little digital painting. In this digital art tutorial I'll be showing you how to paint seashells with digital painting software and (preferably) a drawing tablet.
STEP 1 - Make a sketch
The first step is to make a sketch! Keep it nice and loose and don't get lost in te details. You will get rid of this sketch later on.
STEP 2 - Base color
Once you've made the sketch, add a new layer beneath the sketch and start painting the base colors. Just like the sketch, keep this nice and loose. You will paint over this later, cleaning it up.
STEP 3 - Adding color variation and defining the shape
Lower the opacity of the sketch layer and start painting on a new layer above it. Slowly build up the contrast and the details. You can use an overlay layer to add color variation and screen and multiply layers to paint the shadows and highlights.
STEP 4 - Drop shadow and detailing
Make a new layer beneath the other layers. Paint a drop shadow, I prefer using a soft edged brush for this. Keep working on the little details until you're satisfied.
Wanna paint seashells too?! Be sure to show me your final result and tag me in your post.
Here's a little recap of the steps taken...
Or just watch the video!
Have fun practicing and be sure to share your work once you're done!
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Really interesting, thanks for posting!
I rally appriciate if u have a look on my recent art post https://steemit.com/painting/@samhenry/bravo-an-addition-in-my-painting-collection
This is supercool! @artwithflo Thanks! Followed...
Very cool blog.
you're just so good at the tutorial ... stunning
Trying this tonight, thanks!
Thank you so much for sharing, this is helpful! follow you!
They look amazing. Great tutorial.
Very welldone first I thought that these are real shells and you maybe paint and spray on these shells but after watching your full article I got it that these are not real 🐚 shells and you paint it
So impressive:)
Good post thanks for sharing 😊
thanks for the tutorial even if i can't make a simple sketch but with this your steps i can
That is really wonderful to hear!
This is a great tutorial, and the final product is really well done. Which drawing tablet are you using for this?
Thanks so much! I use a really old Wacom Intuos3 ;) After 11 years it still works fine!
Great advice thanks a ton. I have to mates that are extremely talented South African artists trying to get them on here too, Cheers ;)
Love the colours you blend to create the shell - and I do some stuff digitally - it's not easy. So kudos to you for the great work.