Newish portrait, private commission.
Nothing noteworthy about this one - pretty standard impressionism flavored color palette and no experimenting with new brushes - except that I really like to paint curly and natural hair. I could do that every day for the rest of my life. 
Wow! Amazing work!
Thanks!
Krita has made my workflow so much more comfortable it became far easier to hit the quality sweet spot. I still canāt believe the techniques I can do with it without breaking a sweat. 
Wonderful!
This looks great! I particularly like the way the front lock of hair stands out in front, and makes the whole lot look more 3D.
Yep! Thatās the trick! 
Mike Sibley calls this sort of thing āstatus stalksā (when drawing grass, branches, hair, etc)
āHaving defined the main stalks (I call them āstatusā stalks - theyāre food for the brain)ā
Mentioned on this tutorial on negative drawing - DRAWING GRASS (Negative Drawing techniques)at MIKE SIBLEY FINE ART
So thatās what itās called!
I have no academic training and most I know comes from staring intensely at things and giving them silly names like āprotagonist (hair) locksā. Knowing terminology is very useful to research techniques and phenomena.
Iām also allergic to tutorials. I really like the ones that only exist to explain a concept, but most are akin to a cake recipe showing how to recreate exactly one specific image - while Iām more interested on the why a technique is being employed. I donāt have the patience to sit through a video that can be explained in half a dozen paragraphs and a couple of images, so that page hits the sweet spot of usefulness for me. Thanks for sharing!
Wow!! Amazing work! Really beautiful.
Thanks @kacart for the link shared.
thats an amanzing painting! i love testing new brushes too but staying with the regulars is really does bring a lot of satisfaction! care to share your favorites?
Tricky question because Iām constantly trying out new things. 
Iām not attached to any tool or approach, and while the general way I work remains the same itās very likely my most used brushes will have shifted by next month when I come across something more comfortable. I have more like brushes I use to fulfill roles instead of specific fav brushes that make or break an artwork.
So, for this one Iāve used a lot āb) Airbrush Softā contained in freehand selections, a couple of details made with a rake brush from the Bugs Craftsman modified for opacity, one or two from Memileoās impasto brushes to blend and create interesting edges. I also use the round Basic Flow brushes, but not nearly as much as I did in the past, itās usually when I need to tone down some muddiness and Iām struggling to get good results with the airbrush.
My most used brushes for the underlying sketch phase are very different. I used a few home-made pencil-like brushes here but Iām already replacing them with SK2 pencil brushes. Iāve been also using more of an airbrush-like pencil from this set instead of the regular airbrush because of the texture. My sketches are loose and use colors ASAP because Iām not a lines person, Iām a forms person.
This is not an accurate representation of the amount of impasto I use normally (I was experimenting), but it gives you an idea of how I approach things. My brain works better when I use a loose brush for the lines and something with grittiness for the initial color - impasto or charcoal or pencil like.
I donāt strictly delimit regions, just clean up what needs to be sharper later. Color blending is bounced light for free.
Sometimes Iāll do intermediate steps with helper colorful sketches and sharp light planning for something I find trickier like folded fabrics.
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May I have your permission to post this artwork on Kritaās social accounts and on Krita.org? If yes, I will credit your K-A user name (or a different name that you specify). If no, no problem.
Please type @sooz in your reply so I get pinged.
Man I so love your style. Itās real joy to watch. It has that really nice sweet spot between digital and traditional that I like.
@sooz Thanks! Sure, but can it only be Mastodon and krita.org? I donāt agree with the terms of the other services.
You can credit it to Camila Brun (@camilabrun@mastodon.art) - Mastodon.ART
Thatās great to hear! I do actively try to avoid the clinical look digital can have while keeping the perks of the medium.
very very amazing work!!!
@Celes , I saw in your Mastadon page that you are using some key-remapper software for Linux? Are you happy with it. I want to move to Linux, have a distro installed and setup but Iām using reWASD for hotkey remapping , but they donāt have Linux support.
Thank you!
Iām using Input Remapper.
Got the suggestion here at KA and it turned out to be a gem. You can remap multiple clicks and long clicks, and itās very stable, Iāve been using it for months and didnāt have it crash on me or randomly deactivate yet, a feat even the very stable tablet driver itself didnāt achieve.
Hi @Celes - Thanks for permission to post on Mastodon and krita.org and thank you for being specific. We donāt want to post artwork anywhere the artist objects to.
It will appear on the Krita website when the next K-A monthly update is posted there.
this is really beautiful ! Even though you think it is nothing special.
Incredible!
this looks soo pretty!! theres so much detail especially in the hair which makes sense since you did state you like to paint curly hair 
