The Painter XI Experiment Continues!

Displayed is Black and White character study. I wanted to create something for the kiddies. Well... that was the original idea and then things went another way. Enjoy!

I started out with a loose pen sketch.



After scanning and setting up for a digital painting, I added a dark tone to the image and then placed my darkest darks and some of the initial highlights.



The next stages, I pushed the values and started to put in various small fine points.





After working on the character for an hour, I decided to push the creep factor and add a teddy bear to the mix.



Next I lowered the eyebrows and lower the shoulder of the character to try to make the characters seem age and tired. Also, a cane has been added. This will remain hazy as I do not want it to draw to much attention.



Next, the fun stuff began I added details. The hair is cleaned up and brought into focus, as well as lighting detail added to the teddy bear just to convey some fur texture.



I will update the blog as I continue to add to the Corel Painter Experiment. Stay posted to see all the updates and check out the rest of my work at srbproductions.net

If you would like ask Stephen a question, contact him at: stephenbryant@srbproductions.net

Painter XI Experiment

For the next 9 weeks, I have decided to devote my time to learning to create digital paintings using Corel Painter XI. On this blog I will display all the steps to completion on all pieces created. The first image I decided to paint is a portrait of Michael Angelo Batio, one of my personal favorite musicians.


Shown is a quick sketch create using pencil, scanned and ready for initial blocking.



Next, I added a darker tone over the entire image. Afterwards I went in with a eraser and created some light highlights, no pure white created. Just a general idea of where the final highlights will lie.



Then I just added more highlights and shadows, really trying to push the contrast. Once I have some of my darkest tones, I start to blend and erase some of my sketch lines.



After several modification and tweaking, displayed is the final tonal value study.




Next I added color, cleaned up the image and here we are. Enjoy!

Stay posted to see all the updates and check out the rest of my work at srbproductions.net

If you would like ask Stephen a question, contact him at: stephenbryant@srbproductions.net