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

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 :slight_smile:

Check this page - https://docs.krita.org/en/tutorials.html#tutorials Also search for David Revoys and gdquests tutorials on youtube

What helped me a lot was a video tutorial by David Revoy, I’ll link it to you :slight_smile: 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 - [image] Krita A freelance digital artist and designer from Mumbai, specializing in advertising, editorial and comic book illustration, using only free and open source software …

thanks, :heart_eyes: I found this also nice (even is PS) https://cgcookie.com/tutorial/tutorial-coloring-over-your-lineart/ and a very basic light&shadow video: [Aaron's Art Tips S2 E2 - Using 3 values for lighting your images]

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 creat…

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 :wink: 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 ge…

[image] linus: … 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 coveri…

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 :frowning: But it does help with keeping mor…

I tried that but it felt super strange. And you have to adjust your pressure curves too.

Where to learn digital painting (with krita) ?!

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And If I may do some self promotion there is an incomplete series done by me too check here -