Digital Portrait Painting: "Clara 2018"

Hello, Hivers!

For todays piece, I wanted to create something very sketchy and raw. Even if my ultimate portrait journey is aiming to achieve realism and hyper-realism, I still enjoy and love the artistic feel of basic sketches and strokes, and the imperfect processes of creating my paintings. Well, I consider all my art works as masterpieces!

Anyway, this digital painting is Clara. I met her years ago in an outreach program that was called "Project SMILE". I would characterize her as a bright, cheerful, and amazing woman. I am a fan of her travel blogs and photography. I can still remember her cute camera and how she treasures it.

Three years passed.

Hello! Kumusta na man ka?
I'm okay but I have changed!

I was so intrigued of these changes. So, the marites-spirit in me compelled me to ask her about that. Prior to asking her, I have seen how direct and precise she is with here instructions, how serious she is with her "perspectives", and how keen she is to details. Well, that's a different her, but I also think that is a better version of her.

Enough with the babbling! This is still a post about art. So, let's go with the process!

Process

I am using an iPad and the Procreate App for this digital portrait painting. I selected 3000x4000 pixels canvas and started creating shapes of the face and body using different colors.

Then i started defining the features of the face. By the way, I used Tamara Brush as my main brush for this piece. It can be found under the painting brush.

I just continued this with more strokes focusing on the face of the subject.

Here I started to work on the neck of the subject. So, I just kept on adding more brush strokes and sketches.

Then I started building the background after I finished the details of the face.

Sorry self, back to the face!

Going back to the background, I wanted it be like a rainbow. I also started adding highlights on her shirts.

And more highlights and shadows on her shirt.

Then I added this smudging effect which in this case represents that this is already in the past - a memory.

And finally, "Clara 2018"!

_{"Clara 2018" | 3000 x 4000 px | 90 mins}

So, that was the whole process of my digital painting on procreate. I really hope you enjoyed it and loved the outcome. Thank you so much for dropping by my post. See you on my next post! Christian Yocte 😘

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It's good to see you again, @indayclara!

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Christian Yocte is a public school teacher in the Philippines who also loves other interesting things like making digital and traditional art, exploring new places and destinations, writing journals and musings, and a lot more. He currently resides in Cebu, Philippines. Join him as he shares his masterpieces, ventures different places, and makes his life more meaningful.

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