Our first image represents the block in stage of traditional painting. Only a general description of the light and dark shapes is indicated to give an idea of what one intends to paint. The Synthetic Coarse Angular Brush is used at this point. Throughout this first demonstration, the tool most used will be the Synthetic Coarse Angular Brush. This brush is used to give the appearance of the strokes made by a bristle brush used in oil or acrylic painting. The brush should be around size 80. I am not concerned about details here, only about the general light and dark patterns that you would see if you squint your eye while looking at an object.
Another layer is created and placed below the first one. The second layer is filled in using the Flood Fill tool (bucket shaped) to have a background color to paint on top of the previous layer.
By adding layers at varying transparencies, you can continue to refine the light and dark areas. To get at the details, work from the...