Love what you said here. I too, was a traditional painter- watercolor- with a very traditional college art education, found Art Rage, and I find I work so much better in ArtRage than I do in watercolor. I've fought the battle with artists and galleries not accepting digital. The one thing I disagree with, is your mentor, saying, if he were your age, he would do the same thing. I learned at 40 (went back to school for graphic design) I taught Artrage classes and I don't think I've ever had a student much under 60! The seniors love the simplicity of working and no clean up, no smelling solvents. You are never too old, just need an open mind.
Thank you for sharing all of that. I totally agree.. it is never too late. Your story is meaningful to me... the bias against digital art is a struggle within the gallery world. Most traditional galleries are not prepared to deal with the emerging technologies in art - at least when it comes to the economics of a digitally reproducible painting. It also takes so much educating of the public/buyer... but we are getting there. Thank you again! These comments from everyone have been enlightening, challenging, and encouraged growth! Best wishes -
One of the best tutorials I've ever watched. No corny jokes or trying to be a dude, just lovely reflections on your art, your mentor and validity of trad vs. digital. Very inspiring. Thanks Daniel.
That is one of most welcome and moving comments I have ever had on TH-cam. Thank you sir. Thank you. A very busy life has kept me away, but I am very encouraged to keep making videos when this kind of feedback is present. I am so grateful for your words.
I swear every word resonated with me. I'm also a traditional painter, but worked in Graphic Design, now retired. Recently left a comment on Wesley's channel about leaving my art club because I decided to paint digitally from now on and they said I was cheating. We've all been there right. Luddites are alive and well and living among us! Isn't using a pencil to measure proportion cheating? Fantastic Vid. Well done and well said.
"i learned almost nothing in university about painting" - you have no idea how much this resonates with me. I cherish my highschool art teachers as my formative years. traditional artists with oils and printmaking, just now getting into digital art, thanks to your channel, so much so that I picked up ArtRage
I had the same experience. Doing illustration at Kingston University, they didn't teach you anything about your materials and techniques though hours of life drawing was invaluable. They focused on ideas not things a "technician" could do, that was all up to you, this was before the internet took off so you didn't have the amazing resources you do now. I ended up doing 3D graphics for a couple of decades only visiting traditional drawing and painting a little when I wasn't working. Lots of photoshop editing textures, not a lot of drawing really. Just got the bug recently and have disposable income now, for all the tools.
Thanks so much, as an older beginner digital artist I found your video very inspiring in its simplicity and clarity, and although there are so many more features in Artrage you show here just what can be created using the basics.
Daniel, Thank you so much for this video! You gave me exactly what I've been looking for both quantitatively with your digital painting demo and qualititatively with your personal experience with digital painting versus traditional painting! I'm a newbie painter who has some watercolor experience. I've been studying Artrage and thinking that perhaps I should be considering another painting program. This video showed me that I can be confident with Artrage, and that using digital techniques, I can practice what you so carefully demonstrated. I'm truly thankful - this is a tremendous help to me. You are a wonderful painter and I hope this is only the beginning of my learning experience from you.
I am too traditionally trained oil painter now paint digitally. I got in digital painting to explore illustration, but had so much fun in digital oil paintings. Your video is so inspiring, love your art and how you talked about art. Please make more videos! Will click for more!
Thanks for the tutorial Daniel, I love your style of painting,it's something i aspire too. I am 65 and just learning how to paint (always leaned more towards drawing in the past) and trying to learn more about Artrage. To my surprise I am finding that i really like digital painting, even though I originally intended using more traditional methods, but like the lack of setting up and clearing away, leaving more time for practice. Must try that pear next.
Thank you for the kind feedback. It is a great joy to share this kind of passion! I totally agree that the lack of set up and clean up is such a benefit! Digital painting was a surprisingly good fit for me as well... I think it is an untapped resources. I hope more and more people keep finding this as a way to enrich the day. Thank you for sharing your story. It really keep the fire burning for me!
Loved your video. My first love is oil painting. I’m in the heart of the learning curve of Artrage6, jumping over hurdles one step at a time. Your videos are so well done, and love your personal conversations you offer about your path as an artist❤ My goal here right now is to use digital to correct my paintings’ color, values and saturation. After days of trying to figure out the layer import option, I’m now at the color picker stage. Do you have a video where you explain the options of the color picker. Ultimately I bet the color mixing option will help me.
Thank you for talking about many aspects of ones creative challenges. This is my first exposure to Artrage. I am an oil painter, but love experimenting with other ways to create. I can see how digital can help me see loose block in steps. I tend to get tighter and tighter as I move forward into my work. Besides the software you mentioned a drawing palette. How is this used and where do I see one/get? Your teaching approach is very calming, clear, and easy to understand.
Fabulous tutorial! I have been trying to learn to use ArtRage but feel so lost in the app, you have given a clear demonstration that will be helpful although I still feel the need for a very basic beginner tutorial! Thank you Daniel
I am a traditional painter but interested in learning to paint digitally. Just getting started with Intuos Draw s/ ArtRage Lite. Thank you for this awesome tutorial!!!
Thank you! That means a lot. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I am sorry I just found the tab to see all the youtube comments... 10 months later!
I've used photoshop for years for texturing in video games and medical simulation while working as a 3D Artist. For some reason I never really got into digital painting. It always felt awkward and clumsy. Giving it another go right now. Mostly thanks to your videos on here and the course that I just bought. My biggest issue with digital has always been color mixing and the final thing is that an oil painting just looks so nice and tangible on the wall. Has a luminosity that you aren't going to get from a standard inkjet printer. Digital has come a long way in the last few years, and the costs of computers and graphics tablets are no way as restrictive as they used to be. Hoping I can find a way to feel comfortable with a stylus and the virtual connection with the canvas. Feeling it a little after watching a few of your videos.
Just found your video I really enjoyed it. I use Procreate, and also ArtRage on my iPad Pro. I’m 72 year old female from the U.K. I started watercolour painting about 1 year ago, I do love the medium but find it so frustrating. As you mentioned on your video if you make a mistake just delete it with digital. Can I enquire as to how you print your artwork. Thank You for sharing your thoughts on digital, I myself like it very much
Thank you very much! It is wonderful to know these videos are helpful. I do a lot of my printing at local shops, but there are some good online printers as well. What I would suggest is using Groupon for finding discounts to some of the online shops. It is a good way to do some discount trial and error with the different options and surfaces. The most important thing is to setup your file with a printed size in mind. Setup your file for whatever dimensions you want, but make sure your resolution or ppi is set to 300. That pixel density will give you a quality print. Good luck!
Thank you for the video. I've been just starting Artrage 5, the knife control is difficult to me. I bought Artrage lite first, moving the knife has very sensitive rotating so I've upraded to Artrage 5. Because I can lock the knife 'rotation' in Artrage 5, so I'd thought that would be good. But I hope it has a keyboard short key for adjustment percentages of the knife rotation. Is there anyone who knows the tips please?
Hello! I use the ALT key on the keyboard or one of my custom buttons on my tablet. The alt key turns the tool into the color selection tool until it is released.
that is the oil brush! Are you painting on an iPad? The mobile version of the app looks different. Or do you mean that the oil brush paint application looks different? If that's the case, that's because I thin out the paint more than is the default setting. The default setting gives a really luscious thick painting application.I find that I prefer a different texture to the mark. I like it when the mark is a little more similar to dry brush technique. So I thin out the paint and use a stiff bristle in the settings. As far as color picking goes, definitely do whatever works for you. I finish a handful of paintings and drawings everyday... both traditional and digital (and teach). It's common for me to be working in charcoal, Ink, acrylic paint, gouache, oils, and digital all throughout the day. So when it comes to these videos... Sometimes these are my chill out and goof around paintings. the Color picker is a very limited tool. It can't get all the subtlety that's necessary in a painting, but it is a good way to get the big local color captured very quickly. I like using it in demos because of the speed. I especially like using it in demos because it's a helpful tool for new artists!
I used the default setting for the knife. And the size is just adjusted to whatever I'm trying to blend together. It also depends on the size of the canvas. The biggest challenge with the palette knife is, if you use too thick of oil paint... The blending is going to be a nightmare. That's another reason I thin down the paint a lot. It makes palette knife work a lot easier and a lot easier to control.
@@DanielIbanez Hi Daniel, How kind of you to respond. I am new to painting and digital painting. I use Adobe Sketch on my ipad and Artrage 6 on my laptop with the drawing pad and pen. I listened to your whole vid and understand which tools and settings you use. This is complicated! I am an Architectural Color consultant so I know color. RGB is frustrating. There is no yellow :) I am following your suggestions for creating the angles. I love sunsets so I am trying to draw clouds....wow. it is so much easier than it looks. I will look into thinning the paint as you mention that a lot. Where do you teach? Online? I have ADD and nothing has ever held my attention more than these two art forms. I had knee surgery and am perfectly happy painting all day. I stayed away from paint and canvas etc because it is so messy. ADD doesn't like to clean up! There is no excitement in that and it can be overwhelming. Thank yo so much!!! Florence
Which particular brush have you used for laying down the colors? I tried the settings, but I'm getting a very oily output. Your colors look like a bit of soft pastel. Can you please help me with this? Also, have you used any particular canvas?
Hello! Try Pressure - 50, Thinners - 45, Loading - 50 and Aspect - 30, Rotation - 10, Stiffness - 60. I really like using a perfectly smooth canvas... and the "essential canvas' (which is really chunky). I make the totally smooth canvas by setting the roughness (in canvas settings) to 0%. I hope that helps! Please let me know!
Hello Daniel. Thanks a lot for your advice. Looking forward to implementing the changes you described. Also, since we are talking about canvas settings, can you help me with the canvas settings for photoshop? I don't even know if that's possible- I mean changing the grain and texture of the canvas in Photoshop. I would really appreciate it if you can help me with my query. :)
I can't seem to get the color down on he paper like you do. Not getting the exact effect. Can you please tell me how did you create your particular oil brush? Did you modified a preset brush or made a new one? I tried your settings but I still can't get to lay down the color like you do.
hmm. are you using the desktop application or the ipad app? The settings I like are just as in the description I provided. I wonder if your wacom stylus is not working or something... hmm
I was interested to watch you select colours from the reference rather than pick from the palette. I'm a rank beginner and don't select from the reference. It feels like cheating to some extent (for me anyway) As with all your other perspectives on the application of digital art, (and that I thought was wonderfully presented) is this an element of the craft that you could explain for me. Why isn't it cheating?
Alan W great question/discussion point... let me take care of a few things this morning and get back to you on my perspective. Thank you. Thank you and best wishes!!!
Hello! We had a baby that needed to go to the doctor... but we are home now and all is well. Here is my short answer (I am going to make a short video about this later this weekend): I don't think it is cheating at all. I have been selling my oil paintings professionally for over 20 years... and color mixing was always second nature to me. I can probably mix oil paints faster than I can find that same color using the color picker... seriously. I think digital painting is wonderful, but the one hangup i have with it is the absence of a real replacement for a mixing palette. That said, the reason I like to paint digitally is the speed of the work... and for demos like this or quick studies... I will often use the color picker just to speed things along (even more). It is a convenience of the tool used for certain circumstances. And, I, who have painted for decades... love not having to always mix colors... especially when the objective is not academic and the destination is not the gallery. That said, I happily use the color picker (from the reference image) as a strategy with my intro students (who are beginners). Why? Well, in training artists, there are many objectives. Color mixing (and matching) is a necessary skill, but I have found that accelerating the painting process by using the color picker enables me to focus their attention of proportion, process, mark-making, etc. Yes, we will go back and do paintings without the color picker, but I do not feel that the one painting process is more valid than the other. It is about learning and growth. And there are different objectives for different paintings and for different moments in a student's development. Lastly, there are so many "cheats" both in traditional and digital art... I think we have to be careful in what metric we espouse to find pure painting or "real" art. Consider this: my childhood friend, who teaches at The Art Institute of Chicago (where he also earned his Masters), would argue that it is not even important that the artist does his/her own painting. What matters is the idea... and the modern artist acts more like film director than crafts-person. I do not agree with his sentiment but I do think it is a valuable position to consider. Historically, There is some evidence that Da Vinci in Italy to the likes of the Flemish painters may have used a 'camera obscura' or other lens based devices for tracing! Similarly, people have been using grids to help with proportion since ancient times. It is a great topic and that is why I will make a video about it. It will be fun to think it through and beneficial for my students as well! Thank you for starting the conversation... I am sorry this is a rambling response... but I think it is a large topic when taken seriously. Just so you know my personal biases: I never trace, use projections, light tables, or anything of the sort. That is kind of sacred ground for me. I am (personally) not bothered at all by using the color picker (specially for demos or quick studies, brush tests, etc). I try to use minimal layers (making the painting experience more like oil painting). For anything I post here or use in my gallery exhibitions, I shoot all my own reference images, paint out of my head, or paint "Alla Prima." But those are just my biases... and I will cover some of the reasons in my video. Man, so much to say. We should also talk about painting from life vs painting out of imagination.... hmmm. Have a great day and best wishes! - Daniel
Great answer Daniel and glad your baby is OK. I'll look forward to the video (I subscribed BTW). I particularly had my question answered in the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs of your response. Fair point. And from my perspective and skill levels, I can get easily distracted by bad colour (Australian English spelling ;-) ) production as much as poor proportion etc, so I may use the colour picker now with a view to nailing colour mixing later. Thanks for the prompt response. I'm guessing you don't have on line teaching. If you did, I'd be there. Paintable (DPA), Proko, TH-cam and many others are doing it for me now though. Cheers, Al
Alan W thank you also! It is good to talk about all this. It is helpful for me. Proko and those other are awesome teachers. Best wishes and take care - I don't have any online instruction yet but I am building a curriculum for when I launch my Patreon in June. Thank you again!
Great creative information, Daniel! My Mum introduced me to to paint and water colours, at age 5. I teach Tai Chi & Qigong, on the Gold Coast, Australia. My goal, is to teach Tai Chi & Qigong, as I do in the morning, and create Art, using digital design, fonts, photos and cartoons, in the afternoon.I use ArtRage 5, on my computer. Please check my Fb pages: Brad Holmes and Tai Chi Gold Coast. Many Thanks, Brad Holmes - B Rad Designs.
Thank you for the feedback. I have many videos that are more technical and instructional... But this video was made for a different purpose. What instructional questions are most important to you today?
Nice story...but...yes...but...sad you've been painting since 12 and have all that experience under your belt...now to not use it and go digital...first...think of the time and work oil painters put in to get where u most likely are...there's nothing like an original oil painting...with brush strokes ..color...the brush work along with the color mixing both is what makes the painting...so many hit those notes and stand out.. Digital ...needs to come up with another name...not "painting," it takes away from traditional painting. I can see like you said...using digital for beginners to learn the process...and many now use Photoshop and such to create before actually hitting the canvas. There are so many digital artists and wonderful works...it looks fun...and has a place...but the title of should be changed..it should not be categorized as a "painting," especially an "oil painting ," if the word "digital" is in front..maybe...I hope you get back into painting ...pick up that brush again...too many only hope to reach where u did...all those students...omg new generation molded into digital artists...architects are becoming one of the past...now kids are being taught digital...will traditional painters become extinct as well...a shame really...it's definitely a art...but not painting per say..
If the result is a painting (an artistic image that is not real -that's is: a photo), then oil, digital, pencils, whatever be the tools you use in the process, it is painting, like it or not. You use the typical argument prejudice that thinks everything before is better than everything new. Like those people that say techno music is not music because you don't play an instrument. Or punk rock is not music because don't use the basis of classical music. And at the end, you even can argue that classical music is not music because you are not hitting a rock with a wood inside a cave. And so on until the beginning of times. Things change. Accept it.
gigiscottos uh have you read what he said in the comment section???? He does traditional paintings for his exhibitions and does digital paintings for lessons, studies and for his time. Also, what kind of century are you living??? So many young students are into “real” traditional paintings. Paintings aren’t dying. Most students are both traditional and digital. This is modern. We still love traditional and sometimes digital are great too because we get to do easy studies on colors, lines, etc. without doing so much set up. Especially in this time, young people are expected so much. The time is so limited that digital is a great way to go. But we also do traditional at the same time too. I do think it would be cool if everyone learn tradition first because it helps a lot with digital but at the same time people still can learn any medium whatever they want. Just the way modern is. We, art young students, still appreciate and love traditional. Digital does not take away from that.
Thanks for the comment and adding to the discussion. having recently left my art club because I decided to go digital, I heard the same comment and others many times. I was often told okay but make sure you continue doing traditional painting because you're so good. The problem with that is I did not become bad because I started doing digital, I'm just using a different medium. One isn't any better than another but everyone is entitled to their preference. The main preference I find is people wanting an original. How much of that is to do with greed and wanting something that will be 'worth something in the future' rather than simply enjoying a piece of art? One last thought, isn't it fair to say that everything prior to the impressionists is cheating? They only started doing plein air because Paint Tubes were invented. Thanks for starting the discussion Daniel. :)
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Love what you said here. I too, was a traditional painter- watercolor- with a very traditional college art education, found Art Rage, and I find I work so much better in ArtRage than I do in watercolor. I've fought the battle with artists and galleries not accepting digital. The one thing I disagree with, is your mentor, saying, if he were your age, he would do the same thing. I learned at 40 (went back to school for graphic design) I taught Artrage classes and I don't think I've ever had a student much under 60! The seniors love the simplicity of working and no clean up, no smelling solvents. You are never too old, just need an open mind.
Thank you for sharing all of that. I totally agree.. it is never too late. Your story is meaningful to me... the bias against digital art is a struggle within the gallery world. Most traditional galleries are not prepared to deal with the emerging technologies in art - at least when it comes to the economics of a digitally reproducible painting. It also takes so much educating of the public/buyer... but we are getting there. Thank you again! These comments from everyone have been enlightening, challenging, and encouraged growth! Best wishes -
One of the best tutorials I've ever watched. No corny jokes or trying to be a dude, just lovely reflections on your art, your mentor and validity of trad vs. digital. Very inspiring. Thanks Daniel.
That is one of most welcome and moving comments I have ever had on TH-cam. Thank you sir. Thank you. A very busy life has kept me away, but I am very encouraged to keep making videos when this kind of feedback is present. I am so grateful for your words.
What a great tutorial! Love it and your calm voice is just perfect.
Thank you! Thank you for the feedback 🙏
I swear every word resonated with me. I'm also a traditional painter, but worked in Graphic Design, now retired. Recently left a comment on Wesley's channel about leaving my art club because I decided to paint digitally from now on and they said I was cheating. We've all been there right. Luddites are alive and well and living among us! Isn't using a pencil to measure proportion cheating? Fantastic Vid. Well done and well said.
Thank you sir! Cheers to using new tools!
Great tutorial and beautiful story. Thanks for sharing both :)
Thank you for the kindness! Best wishes
"i learned almost nothing in university about painting" - you have no idea how much this resonates with me. I cherish my highschool art teachers as my formative years. traditional artists with oils and printmaking, just now getting into digital art, thanks to your channel, so much so that I picked up ArtRage
Artrage is so wonderful! I am so happy to share! Thank you for your words 🙏🙏🙏
I had the same experience. Doing illustration at Kingston University, they didn't teach you anything about your materials and techniques though hours of life drawing was invaluable. They focused on ideas not things a "technician" could do, that was all up to you, this was before the internet took off so you didn't have the amazing resources you do now. I ended up doing 3D graphics for a couple of decades only visiting traditional drawing and painting a little when I wasn't working. Lots of photoshop editing textures, not a lot of drawing really. Just got the bug recently and have disposable income now, for all the tools.
Thanks so much, as an older beginner digital artist I found your video very inspiring in its simplicity and clarity, and although there are so many more features in Artrage you show here just what can be created using the basics.
Thank you for the feedback! I always want to help make it approachable. It can be so rewarding
Thank you so much for this video and your thoughts!
Thank you for your kind comment! I deeply appreciate it.
Daniel, Thank you so much for this video! You gave me exactly what I've been looking for both quantitatively with your digital painting demo and qualititatively with your personal experience with digital painting versus traditional painting! I'm a newbie painter who has some watercolor experience. I've been studying Artrage and thinking that perhaps I should be considering another painting program. This video showed me that I can be confident with Artrage, and that using digital techniques, I can practice what you so carefully demonstrated. I'm truly thankful - this is a tremendous help to me. You are a wonderful painter and I hope this is only the beginning of my learning experience from you.
Thank you sir. I am back to working on a lot more content. I will do my best to create helpful content... thank you again!
I am too traditionally trained oil painter now paint digitally. I got in digital painting to explore illustration, but had so much fun in digital oil paintings. Your video is so inspiring, love your art and how you talked about art. Please make more videos! Will click for more!
Thank you! I hope to make many many more videos soon!
Thanks for the tutorial Daniel, I love your style of painting,it's something i aspire too. I am 65 and just learning how to paint (always leaned more towards drawing in the past) and trying to learn more about Artrage. To my surprise I am finding that i really like digital painting, even though I originally intended using more traditional methods, but like the lack of setting up and clearing away, leaving more time for practice. Must try that pear next.
Thank you for the kind feedback. It is a great joy to share this kind of passion! I totally agree that the lack of set up and clean up is such a benefit! Digital painting was a surprisingly good fit for me as well... I think it is an untapped resources. I hope more and more people keep finding this as a way to enrich the day. Thank you for sharing your story. It really keep the fire burning for me!
Thank you for a really useful tutorial, and for your insight about digital painting.
Nicholas Jonsson thank you for the great feedback. Best wishes
Loved your video. My first love is oil painting. I’m in the heart of the learning curve of Artrage6, jumping over hurdles one step at a time. Your videos are so well done, and love your personal conversations you offer about your path as an artist❤
My goal here right now is to use digital to correct my paintings’ color, values and saturation. After days of trying to figure out the layer import option, I’m now at the color picker stage.
Do you have a video where you explain the options of the color picker. Ultimately I bet the color mixing option will help me.
I am sorry I missed this. Do you still need this answered?
Radical video! I too was confused about that dumb tool with the out of place sticker stuff.
For sure! Thank you!
Thank you for talking about many aspects of ones creative challenges. This is my first exposure to Artrage. I am an oil painter, but love experimenting with other ways to create. I can see how digital can help me see loose block in steps. I tend to get tighter and tighter as I move forward into my work.
Besides the software you mentioned a drawing palette. How is this used and where do I see one/get?
Your teaching approach is very calming, clear, and easy to understand.
Thank you for that! So happy it helps! Did you mean a drawing tablet? I use a Wacom intuos tablet :)
Fabulous tutorial! I have been trying to learn to use ArtRage but feel so lost in the app, you have given a clear demonstration that will be helpful although I still feel the need for a very basic beginner tutorial! Thank you Daniel
I am so so happy this helped! 🙏🙏🙏
I am a traditional painter but interested in learning to paint digitally. Just getting started with Intuos Draw s/ ArtRage Lite. Thank you for this awesome tutorial!!!
Thank you! I am sorry, I only just found the comments notifications tab on TH-cam. I am sorry I missed your message
They are both great and has complexities
Yes!!!
Thank you for your lesson and aspirational story behind :) Have a nice day
Thank you! kind comments mean a lot... thank you and best wishes :)
Thank you so much. Inspirational stuff.
Thank you! That means a lot. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I am sorry I just found the tab to see all the youtube comments... 10 months later!
You are an inspirational teacher
Thank you!!!!! I am equally inspired by you ;)
awesome painting and talk. thanks!!!
TAN TAN thank you!
Thank You so much for replying. I’m going to take on board what you have suggested
I've used photoshop for years for texturing in video games and medical simulation while working as a 3D Artist. For some reason I never really got into digital painting. It always felt awkward and clumsy. Giving it another go right now. Mostly thanks to your videos on here and the course that I just bought.
My biggest issue with digital has always been color mixing and the final thing is that an oil painting just looks so nice and tangible on the wall. Has a luminosity that you aren't going to get from a standard inkjet printer. Digital has come a long way in the last few years, and the costs of computers and graphics tablets are no way as restrictive as they used to be.
Hoping I can find a way to feel comfortable with a stylus and the virtual connection with the canvas. Feeling it a little after watching a few of your videos.
Great tutorial for Artrage, thanks!
Thank you! So much!
Thank you for commenting! Best wishes
Just found your video I really enjoyed it. I use Procreate, and also ArtRage on my iPad Pro. I’m 72 year old female from the U.K. I started watercolour painting about 1 year ago, I do love the medium but find it so frustrating. As you mentioned on your video if you make a mistake just delete it with digital. Can I enquire as to how you print your artwork. Thank You for sharing your thoughts on digital, I myself like it very much
Thank you very much! It is wonderful to know these videos are helpful. I do a lot of my printing at local shops, but there are some good online printers as well. What I would suggest is using Groupon for finding discounts to some of the online shops. It is a good way to do some discount trial and error with the different options and surfaces. The most important thing is to setup your file with a printed size in mind. Setup your file for whatever dimensions you want, but make sure your resolution or ppi is set to 300. That pixel density will give you a quality print. Good luck!
Thank you for the video. I've been just starting Artrage 5, the knife control is difficult to me.
I bought Artrage lite first, moving the knife has very sensitive rotating so I've upraded to Artrage 5.
Because I can lock the knife 'rotation' in Artrage 5, so I'd thought that would be good.
But I hope it has a keyboard short key for adjustment percentages of the knife rotation.
Is there anyone who knows the tips please?
I dont know of a way to lock it... that is a good question
Hi, what keyboard shortcut you use for the color sampler on the reference picture?
Hello! I use the ALT key on the keyboard or one of my custom buttons on my tablet. The alt key turns the tool into the color selection tool until it is released.
It seems like using the dropper is cheating but I love finding my own color. That is the Oil Brush tool? Mine is so different. Thank you!
that is the oil brush! Are you painting on an iPad? The mobile version of the app looks different. Or do you mean that the oil brush paint application looks different? If that's the case, that's because I thin out the paint more than is the default setting. The default setting gives a really luscious thick painting application.I find that I prefer a different texture to the mark. I like it when the mark is a little more similar to dry brush technique. So I thin out the paint and use a stiff bristle in the settings. As far as color picking goes, definitely do whatever works for you. I finish a handful of paintings and drawings everyday... both traditional and digital (and teach). It's common for me to be working in charcoal, Ink, acrylic paint, gouache, oils, and digital all throughout the day. So when it comes to these videos... Sometimes these are my chill out and goof around paintings. the Color picker is a very limited tool. It can't get all the subtlety that's necessary in a painting, but it is a good way to get the big local color captured very quickly. I like using it in demos because of the speed. I especially like using it in demos because it's a helpful tool for new artists!
I was actually going to ask the question. That's if you still do the traditional painting?
Yes! I am always working in both! :)
You are linked to Fechin. Wow. How cool is that?
My mentor was a great and kind man... I am so grateful for him!
Can I train myself with traditional tutorials and follow along in artrage?
What size and setting is the knife? I’m having such a hard time w blending. Thank you!
I used the default setting for the knife. And the size is just adjusted to whatever I'm trying to blend together. It also depends on the size of the canvas. The biggest challenge with the palette knife is, if you use too thick of oil paint... The blending is going to be a nightmare. That's another reason I thin down the paint a lot. It makes palette knife work a lot easier and a lot easier to control.
@@DanielIbanez Hi Daniel, How kind of you to respond. I am new to painting and digital painting. I use Adobe Sketch on my ipad and Artrage 6 on my laptop with the drawing pad and pen. I listened to your whole vid and understand which tools and settings you use. This is complicated! I am an Architectural Color consultant so I know color. RGB is frustrating. There is no yellow :) I am following your suggestions for creating the angles. I love sunsets so I am trying to draw clouds....wow. it is so much easier than it looks. I will look into thinning the paint as you mention that a lot. Where do you teach? Online? I have ADD and nothing has ever held my attention more than these two art forms. I had knee surgery and am perfectly happy painting all day. I stayed away from paint and canvas etc because it is so messy. ADD doesn't like to clean up! There is no excitement in that and it can be overwhelming. Thank yo so much!!! Florence
@@florencemclaughlin3606 that sounds like you found a home in painting!!! I feel you!!! I teach online and at a high school in Colorado :)
Love it~💖^_^👍
Thank you very much!
Very nice..I agree that you sayd..
Thank you!
Nice video
Refusing thanks man! I gotta check out your channel!
Which particular brush have you used for laying down the colors? I tried the settings, but I'm getting a very oily output. Your colors look like a bit of soft pastel. Can you please help me with this? Also, have you used any particular canvas?
Hello! Try Pressure - 50, Thinners - 45, Loading - 50 and Aspect - 30, Rotation - 10, Stiffness - 60. I really like using a perfectly smooth canvas... and the "essential canvas' (which is really chunky). I make the totally smooth canvas by setting the roughness (in canvas settings) to 0%. I hope that helps! Please let me know!
Hello Daniel. Thanks a lot for your advice. Looking forward to implementing the changes you described. Also, since we are talking about canvas settings, can you help me with the canvas settings for photoshop? I don't even know if that's possible- I mean changing the grain and texture of the canvas in Photoshop. I would really appreciate it if you can help me with my query. :)
I can't seem to get the color down on he paper like you do. Not getting the exact effect. Can you please tell me how did you create your particular oil brush? Did you modified a preset brush or made a new one? I tried your settings but I still can't get to lay down the color like you do.
hmm. are you using the desktop application or the ipad app? The settings I like are just as in the description I provided. I wonder if your wacom stylus is not working or something... hmm
What kind of digital tablet are you using?
An old wacom intuos 2 (large). It is the vintage equivalent of a large wacom intuos pro
what is the name of your mentor please? Ray V?
Ray Vinella :)
0:50 press key alt to pick color on reference image, a quick way, thank u so much
Daniel beautiful, reminds me of my 'Pear' painting via #corelpaintermobile. Search 'Kreative Streak' on G+.
anna vannoni thank you!
Daniel Ibanez your welcome, sent a link to you so you can see my 'Pear' painting.
I was interested to watch you select colours from the reference rather than pick from the palette.
I'm a rank beginner and don't select from the reference. It feels like cheating to some extent (for me anyway)
As with all your other perspectives on the application of digital art, (and that I thought was wonderfully presented) is this an element of the craft that you could explain for me. Why isn't it cheating?
Alan W great question/discussion point... let me take care of a few things this morning and get back to you on my perspective. Thank you. Thank you and best wishes!!!
Hello! We had a baby that needed to go to the doctor... but we are home now and all is well. Here is my short answer (I am going to make a short video about this later this weekend): I don't think it is cheating at all. I have been selling my oil paintings professionally for over 20 years... and color mixing was always second nature to me. I can probably mix oil paints faster than I can find that same color using the color picker... seriously. I think digital painting is wonderful, but the one hangup i have with it is the absence of a real replacement for a mixing palette. That said, the reason I like to paint digitally is the speed of the work... and for demos like this or quick studies... I will often use the color picker just to speed things along (even more). It is a convenience of the tool used for certain circumstances. And, I, who have painted for decades... love not having to always mix colors... especially when the objective is not academic and the destination is not the gallery.
That said, I happily use the color picker (from the reference image) as a strategy with my intro students (who are beginners). Why? Well, in training artists, there are many objectives. Color mixing (and matching) is a necessary skill, but I have found that accelerating the painting process by using the color picker enables me to focus their attention of proportion, process, mark-making, etc. Yes, we will go back and do paintings without the color picker, but I do not feel that the one painting process is more valid than the other.
It is about learning and growth. And there are different objectives for different paintings and for different moments in a student's development.
Lastly, there are so many "cheats" both in traditional and digital art... I think we have to be careful in what metric we espouse to find pure painting or "real" art. Consider this: my childhood friend, who teaches at The Art Institute of Chicago (where he also earned his Masters), would argue that it is not even important that the artist does his/her own painting. What matters is the idea... and the modern artist acts more like film director than crafts-person. I do not agree with his sentiment but I do think it is a valuable position to consider.
Historically, There is some evidence that Da Vinci in Italy to the likes of the Flemish painters may have used a 'camera obscura' or other lens based devices for tracing! Similarly, people have been using grids to help with proportion since ancient times.
It is a great topic and that is why I will make a video about it. It will be fun to think it through and beneficial for my students as well! Thank you for starting the conversation... I am sorry this is a rambling response... but I think it is a large topic when taken seriously.
Just so you know my personal biases: I never trace, use projections, light tables, or anything of the sort. That is kind of sacred ground for me. I am (personally) not bothered at all by using the color picker (specially for demos or quick studies, brush tests, etc). I try to use minimal layers (making the painting experience more like oil painting). For anything I post here or use in my gallery exhibitions, I shoot all my own reference images, paint out of my head, or paint "Alla Prima." But those are just my biases... and I will cover some of the reasons in my video.
Man, so much to say. We should also talk about painting from life vs painting out of imagination.... hmmm. Have a great day and best wishes!
- Daniel
Great answer Daniel and glad your baby is OK.
I'll look forward to the video (I subscribed BTW). I particularly had my question answered in the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs of your response. Fair point. And from my perspective and skill levels, I can get easily distracted by bad colour (Australian English spelling ;-) ) production as much as poor proportion etc, so I may use the colour picker now with a view to nailing colour mixing later.
Thanks for the prompt response. I'm guessing you don't have on line teaching. If you did, I'd be there. Paintable (DPA), Proko, TH-cam and many others are doing it for me now though.
Cheers, Al
Alan W thank you also! It is good to talk about all this. It is helpful for me. Proko and those other are awesome teachers. Best wishes and take care - I don't have any online instruction yet but I am building a curriculum for when I launch my Patreon in June. Thank you again!
I will have a video up soon... it has been a crazy week of deadlines, but I have not forgotten. Best wishes
Great creative information, Daniel! My Mum introduced me to to paint and water colours, at age 5. I teach Tai Chi & Qigong, on the Gold Coast, Australia. My goal, is to teach Tai Chi & Qigong, as I do in the morning, and create Art, using digital design, fonts, photos and cartoons, in the afternoon.I use ArtRage 5, on my computer. Please check my Fb pages: Brad Holmes and Tai Chi Gold Coast. Many Thanks, Brad Holmes - B Rad Designs.
If you want to download the latest version of this software links given below! crackedhippo.com/
crackedhippo.com/artrage/
I wish u talked more about the program and not natter on about digital vs real
Thank you for the feedback. I have many videos that are more technical and instructional... But this video was made for a different purpose. What instructional questions are most important to you today?
Nice story...but...yes...but...sad you've been painting since 12 and have all that experience under your belt...now to not use it and go digital...first...think of the time and work oil painters put in to get where u most likely are...there's nothing like an original oil painting...with brush strokes ..color...the brush work along with the color mixing both is what makes the painting...so many hit those notes and stand out..
Digital ...needs to come up with another name...not "painting," it takes away from traditional painting. I can see like you said...using digital for beginners to learn the process...and many now use Photoshop and such to create before actually hitting the canvas. There are so many digital artists and wonderful works...it looks fun...and has a place...but the title of should be changed..it should not be categorized as a "painting," especially an "oil painting ," if the word "digital" is in front..maybe...I hope you get back into painting ...pick up that brush again...too many only hope to reach where u did...all those students...omg new generation molded into digital artists...architects are becoming one of the past...now kids are being taught digital...will traditional painters become extinct as well...a shame really...it's definitely a art...but not painting per say..
If you don't paint with coal in a cave, you don't be calling it painting.
;)
If the result is a painting (an artistic image that is not real -that's is: a photo), then oil, digital, pencils, whatever be the tools you use in the process, it is painting, like it or not.
You use the typical argument prejudice that thinks everything before is better than everything new.
Like those people that say techno music is not music because you don't play an instrument. Or punk rock is not music because don't use the basis of classical music. And at the end, you even can argue that classical music is not music because you are not hitting a rock with a wood inside a cave.
And so on until the beginning of times.
Things change. Accept it.
gigiscottos uh have you read what he said in the comment section???? He does traditional paintings for his exhibitions and does digital paintings for lessons, studies and for his time. Also, what kind of century are you living??? So many young students are into “real” traditional paintings. Paintings aren’t dying. Most students are both traditional and digital. This is modern. We still love traditional and sometimes digital are great too because we get to do easy studies on colors, lines, etc. without doing so much set up. Especially in this time, young people are expected so much. The time is so limited that digital is a great way to go. But we also do traditional at the same time too. I do think it would be cool if everyone learn tradition first because it helps a lot with digital but at the same time people still can learn any medium whatever they want. Just the way modern is. We, art young students, still appreciate and love traditional. Digital does not take away from that.
Thanks for the comment and adding to the discussion. having recently left my art club because I decided to go digital, I heard the same comment and others many times. I was often told okay but make sure you continue doing traditional painting because you're so good. The problem with that is I did not become bad because I started doing digital, I'm just using a different medium. One isn't any better than another but everyone is entitled to their preference. The main preference I find is people wanting an original. How much of that is to do with greed and wanting something that will be 'worth something in the future' rather than simply enjoying a piece of art? One last thought, isn't it fair to say that everything prior to the impressionists is cheating? They only started doing plein air because Paint Tubes were invented. Thanks for starting the discussion Daniel. :)