WIP ✨ Digital Sketch! (Patreon)

Here’s a new concept for a painting I’m working on 😌 I avoid drawing hands way too often because they can be so tricky to get right; but today, I told myself NOPE you’re gonna make a piece that has HANDS 😡 so here we are haha 😅 Is there any particular part of the human form that you struggle with?

Art Tip: This background you see is something like a “wash” of color (normally a watercolor or oil technique). The wash was created using the Gouache brush and a teensy bit of the Fresco brush in Procreate for subtle texture. Incorporating a wash in the early stages of your work is an old technique used by traditional classical painters, but it works really well digitally! The wash serves as a foundation for layer depth and intensity, giving the piece a deep underglow beneath flesh tones. Once again avoiding blacks, greys, and whites (both in the wash and the sketch layer) creates a visual look of warmth and life in the final piece.