[jamm]

Hey there... - I wonderd if anyone can help me.. - Im new to digital painting.. - the painting part I can do fine etc. but IM really having hugh stress about colour blending.. - for example (bear with me) - If im say blening skin to light to dark, then do I use the pallette but just keep choosing a lighter colour? - or do I lay base colours only then paint inbetween with lighter/dark colours.. - or do I just lay the base down then blur/smudge them together? - any of those said above I cant get it to look really smooth.....What am i doing wrong?

Ive seen so many artworks that are so fantastic in the colour spectrum that I just really want to know how you guys do it.. -

Also.. - when I start an image I usally start at a large canvas of about 3000 x 3000 is this still too small? - or you guys recommend bigger as I want the sharpness and crispy lines etc..

Really appriciate your feedback on my problems..

Many thanx

Jamm
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[ZippZopp]

i had trouble figuring out the exact same thing, anyway, here's what i do...

first i'll get down the main values, at full 100 percent opacity....then i'll lower my brush opacity to around 20, and select one of the colors and gradually go into the other color...i also keep my finger on the 'alt' key so i can select new color easily right off the canvas

lets say for example you want a seamless transition from blue to red here....



first you'd put your brush opacity down to around 20....select the blue and start to brush into the red, then do the same with the red, select the red and brush into the blue.... you should get something like this




now because you've bumped the opacity down and started brushing you'll start to get a purple color..you now hold the alt key to select the purple color and continue painting with that color, still on a low opacity until you get a smooth transition,







this was done with the soft edged airbrush.....which allows some pretty smooth blending, but it can get muddy....i hope that was of some help