
Digital drawing is not as hard as you think.
This is especially so with the newly designed app called Paintology that is freely available from the Google playstore. The whole interface was designed with the ease of use and the focus on developing your drawing skills. No tools alone will improve your drawing skills, you will only be good as the drawing skills you possess. Aim to always improve your drawing skills, everything else will follow.
Paintology helps you to transition to digital drawings and you can make drawings very similar to traditional methods and the medium is very versatile where most people possess a phone or a tablet already.
In these series of drawings, I will show you how anyone from all levels can quickly pick up their skills from a basic set of tools. I show you how to use one brush tool of the shade brush sets in Paintology to create this drawing.
Resources:
Link to the Google play store
Udemy course on how to use the Paintology app
This video will show you how to download and install the app from the Google play store.
A quick guide to using the shade brush tool of Paintology
We use the reference image of the drawing to make the outline of the horse. You can download the reference image to your tablet or phone and open with Paintology in the Trace mode. See Resources for the download.
Here, we go bit by bit through the final drawing doing the details. Reducing the brush size gives you more control over the edges and broader brush size for larger areas. Pay close attention to the gray scale used which defines the tones for this drawing.
Digital drawing can be fun and easy, only if you don't have to cross the technical hurdle of the app or software that you are using. The Paintology app was designed to make artists of all levels to get drawing quickly and easily with this app.
You no longer have the steep learning curve to get into digital drawing, with this app, once installed you get straight into the drawing process. The interface is intuitive enough for you to develop your drawing techniques and make stunning drawings all the time!
The Paintology drawing approach is a far more natural process of drawing than using digital tools. The opacity setting of the brush allows you to build up the tones with each stroke much like using a colored pencil and paper. This method of drawing feels like actual drawing without always having to dive into the tools section. You can rapidly build tones, colors, textures required for great drawings without the extensive use of tools. Focus more on your actual drawing than always having to access tools.
Mastery of these skills will allow you to create photo realistic drawings with ease and much faster than using tools. You can carry these fundamental skills to other art mediums too.
You will find more info. in the course on how to download, install and use the app.