How to Digitally Paint -- Paint with Clip Studio Paint

Master value and contrast in Clip Studio Paint to reveal form, focusing on selective highlights, lighting, and avoiding uniform contrast across the work.

Learn to vary hue and saturation; use color picker to avoid a single green, mix blues, yellows, and subtle purples for leaves with shadows and highlights in Clip Studio Paint.

Practice digital painting with clip studio paint by examining a bunch of her paintings to spot mistakes in section 2, building observational skills through an exercise.

Learn the basics of color blending in Manga Studio 5 by mixing black and white with a transparent watercolor brush and color picker, then practice with five colors.

Learn to create quick thumbnail sketches to plan composition and values, using simple shapes, a 70/30 value split, and idea generation from basic shapes for futuristic scenes.

explains the rules of composition, focusing on dominance and center of interest using a 70/30 value and color split, rule of thirds, and directional eye flow.

Learn to build compelling digital paintings using value as the focal point by modeling with three tones—dark, mid, and light—and arranging foreground, middle ground, and background for strong contrast.

Practice the section 4 exercise in digital painting with Clip Studio Paint, using thumbnail sketches to study composition and value placement, then start with broad strokes and refine gradually.

explore color theory through basic and modern color wheels, learn to build complementary, analogous, and triad schemes, and apply value, contrast, and lighting to unify paintings.

Participate in section 5 exercises that focus on painting with restrained color in Clip Studio Paint, using pure colors sparingly and exploring costume-like and wall-like elements.

Paint the female arm with opaque color using a layered workflow, starting from underpainting and blending flesh tones with a transparent watercolor brush to create cohesive linework and background.

Explore adding texture to clothing by using photo textures, blend modes like multiply and overlay, and stippling or crosshatching for subtle detail in Clip Studio Paint.

Learn to create a color-rich rock background by using photos and textures in Clip Studio Paint, applying overlay or multiply, and adjusting color balance toward yellow.

Apply final corrections to refine tangent lines, arm-rock overlap, and shadows for a natural pose. Check composition and color balance, ensure center of interest guides eyes through birds and rock.

Engage in an exercise for section 6 by starting with a black-and-white sketch in clip studio paint, then add color, and explore different styles to develop your digital painting skills.

Learn to tell a story with painting by implying narrative and mood, evoking questions rather than literal scenes, and using color and composition to convey a message.

Block in the color for the female on separate layers to keep edits flexible while building flesh tones, shadows, and a blue-toned lighting scheme.

Discover how to paint a bush in Clip Studio Paint using India ink brush techniques, building silhouettes, shadows, backlit highlights, textures, and layered color blending.

Learn to smooth dirt, apply textures, and blend colors to paint nighttime bushes and finish the road in Clip Studio Paint, using overlays, airbrush, and layer techniques.

Finish painting the face by refining the nose with highlights and smooth edges, blending light and shadow with careful brushwork. Then paint shoulders and shirt, building realism.

Learn to digitally paint a blue blouse with Clip Studio Paint using overlay and gradient layers, blend shadows, and refine wrinkles and belt details.

Block in the hair with a large transparent watercolor brush to establish the base shape, then refine with strands, highlights, and light reflections to achieve a fluffy, blue-toned hair look.

Paint a distant pirate ship silhouette in Clip Studio Paint, using polygon edges and airbrush for depth. Apply textures, overlays, and hue adjustments to unify colors and enhance realism.