Hi there,
where is a good starting point to learn digital painting,
maybe there a some kind of “paint over” exercises to start with,
or can you recommend some site or tutorials for a basic learning path …!?
may it with or without krita, as it also suits (digital) drawing in general
thankyou
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We have an official Krita Manual here (for learning Krita, not digital art, although there are some tips for digital art, too): docs.krita.org 
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Check this page - https://docs.krita.org/en/tutorials.html#tutorials
Also search for David Revoys and gdquests tutorials on youtube
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What helped me a lot was a video tutorial by David Revoy, I’ll link it to you It is quite long but covers basically everything. Tutorial: a Comic page from A to Z with Krita - YouTube
And If I may do some self promotion there is an incomplete series done by me too check here -
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thanks, 
I found this also nice (even is PS)
https://cgcookie.com/tutorial/tutorial-coloring-over-your-lineart/
and a very basic light&shadow video:
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Thats a good question, But it begs questions to be asked. For example, do you own a digital tablet? If not I’d suggest starting there. There are many affordable ones out there that dont even come near breaking the bank.
If you do have one, the next question is, What kind of art do you want to create? If you want to draw humans or characters or animals, one of the most useful things you can do to start drawing is as you suggested in your own post, paint over or tracing. Find a images of humans and trace the basic shapes. Doing this helps you understand the underlying proportions of anatomy better. There are tons and tons of tutorials for this on youtube, even if they are not specifically on krita.
Here is a Jazza tutorial on construction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2fKxNDsXuw&list=PL836C92C18EEB374E&index=45
If its landscapes you want to get into, this is a much harder place to start, in my opinion as nature is very organic and can come in many many many different forms. If you’d like to start drawing landscapes, I’d suggest doing looser color and placement studies.
I wouldn’t worry too much about style when it comes to drawing as a beginner. Study real things and real people, not stylized artworks. Style comes with practice and you’ll eventually fall into your own style. And that styles will likely change a lot as your drawing career progresses.
Good luck!
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thanks Christine !
yeah I do have a small tablet, the old Wacom Pen & Touch small (CTH-480) as I did some PS composing years ago 
I think is’s quite okayisch, or not…
at first I need more pratice …
… I am amazed how cheap display tablets are today, may be there’ll be an upgrade when I’m getting better
I just recently got a display tablet after working with normal tablets for over a decade. I quickly noticed one thing that really bothers me. The pen and your hand is covering a large portion of the image while you paint. I never thought of this as an issue before, when I am painting traditionally its just the same. Not having a portion of your screen covered by an opaque object all the time, is a real advantage of traditional tablets.
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What I’ve noticed when doing traditional painting or drawing, is that I never hold the pencil or brush like a pen; I hold them by the them and use my whole arm to work. That simply doesn’t work with drawing tablets, because of the position of the buttons 
But it does help with keeping more of the canvas or paper in view
I tried that but it felt super strange. And you have to adjust your pressure curves too.
https://www.ctrlpaint.com/library
extensive site of more than 100 short and free tutorial videos regarding all things (digital) painting.
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Thanks for that link. That is a real treasure trove!
Learn from old master. Copy their’s art is best way to learn painting
I just did a google search and ran across these:
also not to push a competitor but I learned a ton from various Painter (not Corel Painter) books, tutorals, etc…much of that applies as well to Krita but the details/specific tools etc will of course be different.
Much depends on your specific direction … fine art, animation, comics, etc…
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