



Well, painting is quite different than just regular pen or pencil to paper. I just started digitally painting about a year ago or so and you can tell that from my previous pieces here on DA cuz they suck balls... Well, at least to me they do anyway ^_^





But anyway, it's basically just practice. And not just practicing though, it's practicing it well. Practice all you want but if your doing it wrong you'll never grow. Not to say that there's an absolute right or wrong in painting but when you're trying to achieve a certain look or style, especially realism, there are certain rules to follow.





So if you're learning how to paint, paint from life. Kinda cliche and redundant but it's where you learn a lot of things. But don't just copy the subject, analyze it and break it down. Because what you're ultimately trying to take out of it is knowledge in order to be able to just pull it out of your head the next time. I need to do more of that actually XD And y'know, there are things like perspective, color theory, value, tone, and design principles that you need to know too that enhance the quality of your art.





I actually tried a different approach than I usually would in the painting above and I'm still trying to get used to it.





Anyway, sorry about that. The message is really long and I'm bored at the moment but I hope that I answered your question. And the things I said are only a portion of what goes on in a painting but it would be too long to talk about

Hehehe, cool