Digital Brushwork - 10 Minutes To Better Painting - Episode 3

How to get interesting brushwork in your digital painting using a traditional art mindset.
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[@Hiruma_]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Nobody explained edge control in such a practical manner like you did. Thank you.

[@marcobucci]

Glad the info is helpful!

[@guitar-dilettante]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[@alasdairvaler]

Exactly! I was watch so many guides about this subject and I finally understand what I need to do!

[@Argail8137]

This video should be shown at the universities of fine arts all over the world....period.

[@Tikonka667]

I've always been wondering "how are they doing it?". I was looking on many digital paintings and I still couldn't figure out how artist made those brush effects, like they have completely different, magical brushes. But now I think I've finally found my answer... It's all so clear now. Thank you. You are the best.

[@marcobucci]

Tikonka667 awesome! And thanks, glad I could help :)

[@noahlarson3670]

The way you explain things is fantastic. Your stuff is so easy to digest, and every video seems to change my outlook on art.

[@marcobucci]

Diego Brando That's cool to hear - thanks!

[@foogentog]

I almost never say this, but you are an amazing teacher (there is a serious lack of them), and it's good that you are sharing that talent in some way. Thanks for the video!

[@marcobucci]

foogentog really appreciate that. Thank you!

[@gisisodia]

The hardest thing to do when you had spent years drawing and cleaning your lines.

[@marcobucci]

Agreed. Sometimes various techniques/styles/approaches require developing totally different disciplines. Good luck!

[@philippfrogel9355]

@L1qu1d S1lenc3r what are these different goals? I can see too much similarity between them

[@Dogbong]

@@philippfrogel9355 I don't know that I can defend the literal phrasing of 'goals', but I will say that the process and the result varies a lot depending on what you do. A painter can start by filling the canvas with colour kinda haphazardly and build from there - you can't do that very effectively in drawing. Clean linework is also typical of drawing, whereas this video highlights how linework is more replaced by shapes and edges painting. And those differences amount to expressions that differ in terms of visual arts (but of course are quite similar if viewed in a broad lense alongside woodworking and clay or architecture or what have you). I think that's what he's getting at but of course I don't know.

[@philippfrogel9355]

@@Dogbong thank you for taking the time to point all this out! I often think and try to use my pencil like a brush, as with pressure and/or holding it flat you can have a big variety of thickness of a stroke, although certainly in a smaller dimension than with a real brush. But interesting points, I will ponder about it when I'm painting the next time.

[@MFDOOOOM]

Bucci makes you realize a lot of artists are hoarding and gatekeeping knowledge behind paid courses etc, hes one of the only people on here who teaches this crucial stuff.

[@PalomaMcClain]

This topic is so so important and I never really see it addressed in this depth! Thanks so much for your insight!

[@marcobucci]

Paloma McClain Thanks for watching! This series will continue to do that kind of thing :)

[@marcobucci]

Thanks for watching, everyone! New videos to be released every 4-6 weeks. I will also be starting a new "Art Industry Talk" series of videos (complete with painting demos, of course) where I will discuss any questions you may have about art and life as a working artist. Feel free to reply to this thread with questions and topics for discussion.

[@jaysharma5366]

Marco Bucci absolutely awsome tips sir ..thankyou vary much ...love it

[@LolaBeM3]

Good job and thanks! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾

[@marcobucci]

Doon // Thanks, Doon! Those topics of conversation will surely come up in the first episode of the Art Talk series. As for painting vs pencil drawing. I actually fall into the same category. I draw with paint, rather than with lines. But my first few years of training were exclusively with lines (and every now and then I take on freelance work that requires line drawing, so I still use those skills). I only switched to a paint-based approach years later, because I discovered going straight in with paint provides the shortest connection to my brain. However, I'd say it's not a good idea to avoid line drawing just because you're not good at it, or that it's harder. There are many lessons to learn with linear drawing that painting won't teach you. So my opinion? To be the best artist you can be - you can certainly have preferences - but you should also get your skills up with pencil, too.

[@marcobucci]

Lola Brown thank you

[@RedDirtAlleyPhotography]

Thank you Marco!! This is exactly what I've been looking for!!

[@kirito_16yt]

These 10 minute videos are more helpful then art classes

[@kristenmaslanka6927]

I have to commend you. After years of schooling and years of learning. You are the only one who has answered " How do I know when my painting is complete" with something other than "I just know" Bravo. I love your answer. It's simplistic but still has a way of being understood.

[@NicollesDreamsShop]

Amazing series! Thank you so much for all the hard work! :)

[@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608]

Man...Marco is just a delight to learn from, I think he is one of the few teachers that obviously ENJOYS teaching.

[@anasonyc3983]

I've been stuck lately, always ending up with overly rendered, uniformly smooth paintings. I knew I wanted brushwork, I knew I wanted something interesting to look at, but I didn't know how to jump over that mental hurdle holding me back. This video just might be what enables me to make that jump 🙌 I thank you, Marco!

[@icycottoncandies4156]

Thank you for doing all of this. I've tried and failed at digital painting for years now because I could never figure out why my art looked so different from the people I admired, even though we used the same brush. Your videos are really fun to watch and straight to the point, which is really hard to find. Anyway, thank you for uploading these for free. I hope your day is going well.

[@GalabuziX]

A fine artist, a narrator, a teacher is what you are. :)

[@octonolite_0]

I’ve watched digital artists use this start messy, refine later method in speed paints and have always been intrigued, especially since it’s counterintuitive to line artists, and moving too fast to understand at 20x speed or whatever. Thanks for breaking it down for the noobs!

[@mvia236]

As a photographer, I learn more about color, shape, and composition from watching your videos than I do from Photoshop tutorials. Thanks.

[@CC-qi8oe]

Not skipping ads for this series. Thank you so much for the content!

[@Epsellis]

I'm very technical with everything and tend to lose sight of intention in the process of overthinking. I'm gonna make a "Stanty sad" poster to remind myself. His talk about story is to this day one of my favorites. It has never crossed my mind to apply it to painting, now it somehow really resonates. I'm gonna go out for a walk with my sketchbook. Thank you Marco Bucci! and Andrew Stanton!

[@toffylikesgames]

I've been losing my mind lately, trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong and how to make my objects on the canvas stop looking so... cut and pasted. This here is literally the answer and I can't wait to practice that. Thank you for this tutorial! I like it that you also don't shy away from tools we are given. I often heard that using smudge brushes and the like was a "cheat" in the digital art, but I'm glad I can just go for it and not worry about some things being right or wrong.

[@brandonstreete1064]

i try to rewatch this series once every month. i have recently fell into the 'finding good brushes' fallacies. thanks again marco for reminding me that the fundamentals are what is essential

[@polarispyxis3136]

this whole series is such a blessing

[@yowo6105]

After watching this video, I went back to the demo, and watched the beginning at a slow speed (0.25), and I could tell really clearly how and where you put the hard, soft and lost edges! These video's are amazing! Keep it up!!!!

[@artbymiwsher]

I've learnt so much from these 10 shorts! They're all gems!

[@BarbaraDin]

I love this series of yours. You are very good at communicating (and funny, too!) Thank you!

[@hellodolly7989]

This is probably one of the most important videos for new digital painters and most don't even realize it. Personalization and intrigue through brush work is the difference between "huh, that's pretty good" and "Holy shi...".

[@Amalthea16]

Excellent video, I've been needing something like this for a long time. There's millions of art tutorial videos but hardly any really go into brushwork, and the actual painting process. This was so helpful, thanks so much.

[@lawrencescales9864]

I love your tutorials, especially when you bring up traditional art and other mediums. Thank you!

[@dear_totheheart]

I love your demeanor, humor, and great insight, thanks so much!

[@kuzunoha74]

As a concept art student struggling with her painting "noise", I really have thank you. Nobody really explained me, the fact about the edges, how to put down the strokes correctly and the common errors of beginners. Thank you so much!!!

[@priyankamodak9510]

You are a great artist, teacher and a motivator Marco! Respect!

[@veronikaovcinnikova1868]

I saw your episodes previously and liked them a lot, but now I find them great - they make me think deeper about my painting style and speak visually more clear and understandable. Thank you, a lot!

[@CarinaParry]

Absolutely love your stories and explanations, very transparent and full of thought, thank you.

[@yuichi4020]

Thank you so much for creating these insanely concise and informative videos! Your passion for art really shows.

[@m.raggui5367]

Gracias Marco!!! All your tutorials are incredible!! I hope you never stopppp!!

[@zbrooke6616]

This is the first time I've seen a video of yours and the first time I've seen a video talk about brushwork in this specificity. I'm truly blown away by this! I've never really seen the edges be discussed like this, and it's a really analytical and focused topic and you keep digestible and engaging for the entire video run time, I'm in total awe.

[@RemiliaZ]

Just wanna say a huge thank you for making these videos and uploaded them for free. They are so concise and clear and so well formatted (not just the information structures and editing, but also verbal speeches and audio quality!) Like the humor you put in each video and they make things more easier to understand and also make things which supposed to be dull and difficult interesting!

[@aeralv8649]

Your videos are *insert the highest compliment here*!!! I wish I could support you in patreon but I'm still in middle school. I don't want to ask money from my parents.

[@marcobucci]

Oh, don't worry about that. I'm just glad you're watching. More videos comin' down the pipeline, so stay tuned!

[@sebliese6215]

Best and most useful tutorial series on Digital painting I've watched all year (and I've watched loads..)

[@HelloHiHola]

This video makes a great argument for the strength of and need to learn concept art and design - watching you paint from the general to specific and keeping the details collared is fascinating.

[@jayneeojeda5677]

This is exactly what I needed as an artist new to the digital medium! THANK YOU!!

[@jfleming4439]

I can't tell you how much I enjoy the banter and the art lessons - your work is amazing and I can tell I'm learning from a master :)

[@crizl3381]

I am so grateful I found your videos. You are so great at painting and teaching❤️

[@KLLDZR-se1qk]

this is the best series ive ever seen, thank you very much for sharing this for free!!

[@rytelier]

Oh, your videos are so helpful! They cover not-so-obvious topis in art and the message is short and clear (seriously, I appreciate they are not hour long and contain all the valuable information). I'm looking for a good brushwork in my painting. I've created couple of custom brushes in Krita and I'm looking for making more. It's even fun to create brushes, to try how different settings affect the stroke. Varied and "traditional" looking texture is important for me. I also start painting with soft edges, it gives more control on colors. I would recommend this way to everyone. I can't wait for more videos of this series!

[@marcobucci]

Rytelier thanks!

[@rivervalley6626]

I feel like you've opened my eyes to a whole new world. Bless you for this

[@animatormark1]

Wonderful explanation for brushes and edges. I really loved the part about picking music for you painting or composition and i think your examples where spot on. Thanks you for sharing!

[@MultiHospi]

Me and my friend love your lessons. They're awesome and really well explained! Thank You!

[@melonrue]

Thank you for saving my life. I've been struggling with how to integrate background with foreground, and this video series is helping me with trying to fix this issue. I regularly swap between traditional and digital mediums, in the hopes that it helps me to build up transferable skills especially.

[@Anzardo179]

insanely useful and so simply put. thank you

[@artsideoflife]

great video!! I love how you explain the process!

[@iamamazingbarleyph]

thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and explaining so clearly. this video is so underrated, it needs to have more views! so amazing

[@danberb8893]

Wow, it has changed everything in my vision of art.

[@meadowlarkgreen]

A clear, concise video for a topic that is not commonly addressed. This is a treasure right here. I really love how soft edges are explained. Seeing the example of pointillist technique and hearing you say that one shape "contaminates" another shape changes how I think about them. Now that I understand the principle behind it..hopefully it'll help my problem of messing up a shape when trying to soften its edges

[@jyotishah1133]

The closing thought explained why ai can't replace real artists

[@ESALTEREGO]

Most artists feel more "ai" than ai art generators

great video, as usual ! you are a super teacher, I digitally paint from many years from now, but you always make me see things with a better angle !

[@mouseich9576]

This is an eye-opening episode, I learned so much about edges today. Thank you so much for making this!

[@geneconnell4393]

Amazing this opens up a whole new world to explore in painting, thanks!

[@bcostell69]

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant lesson

[@vickisigh2674]

this video is ENLIGHTENING thank you for the knowledge!

[@Chill1332]

Thank you for this. I'm really enjoying this 'Better Painting' series. You are very good at explaining things in both an informative and entertaining way. I've never really known what to do with the wide variety of digital brushes at my disposal. I use very few of them, admittedly a little afraid of texture. You have inspired me to experiment with them now.

[@helsiclife]

Wow this lesson was amazing! I've been painting since I was a little girl, now I'm a professional designer and even at my age, there's so much things I'm learning from your lessons. Thank you so much

[@maxclark1825]

Amazing, this more and more quality in the video. And feels such natural.

[@isabellamoralessalis3152]

This series of videos is so good! I actually now understood what I did not in class at university! Thanks, keep doing this kind of videos, you are very good!

[@pinchingstars]

YOURE THE BEST PLEASE NEVER STOP

[@ziyoung7782]

Thank you so much!Your videos really help me a lot!

[@entropyfun]

These are brilliant!

[@Harpoonland]

Your videos are amazing!! So helpful and inspiring. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all 😁

[@soratheexplorer1296]

Thank you so so so much. When you explained edge control in the way you did it gave me the answer to the question i always had but could never put out right, Thank you so much

[@aeonbreak4728]

FUCK YEAH MARCO! Amazing production and content! And to think you could fit that in 10 minutes, DAMN MAN! Can't wait for the next ones. Super glad to support you on Patreon. Well worth the money. Cheers

[@marcobucci]

Aeonbreak thank you - and I really appreciate your Patreon support!

[@smile4chuhi519]

Awesome video! You explained this so easily and clear!

[@starrise_]

Just want to say that your videos are so underrated! It teaches so much more than those other tutorials with millions of views. And I don't even do digital paintings, I do stylized drawings such as anime etc. But there are still so much I can apply to my drawings!

[@CalebTsai]

Your videos are phenomenal .

[@matthisdraws]

Wow really love the commentary, so interesting to hear you talking! And a nice subject I never really thought about!

[@rociooAchan]

wow, the way you presented and explained this topic is excellent. Had my complete attention for the whole video.. Thank you !!

[@kilerden]

Great, thank you. I love these!

[@jerwellsavella97]

That's a really nice explaination. Specially the last one. Most of us beginners usually stuck on finding what is the best out there to be an actual good artist, but being good is up to you or us, not on the things that we relly to. Thanks great video

[@dmjjohnful]

Very insightful. Thanks. I love these videos

[@scarstalgia3947]

Thank you so, so much! I've been looking for someone to explain this. I've always looked at paintings, nodded my head, but didn't understand where the balance between anything was because they expressed motion and other things in a tactful manner. But I never knew how to translate that into my own paintings. I will be learning and practicing with these tips. Thank you, thank you!

[@satriadibasuki]

I knew it from the first time you painted that hairy ball monster that you are a great artist, and a great teacher. thaaaanks.

[@romywolfofficial]

This is so helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video.

[@bogusred6298]

Great video. Thank you Marco Bucci!

[@lisengel2498]

Super video and a wonderfull way of explaining the importance of edges

[@TheDragonGear]

I really really love your videos. When I can I definitely need to buy your full ones.

[@fluffylonjini5486]

Thoese videos are so so helpful amd I love the way you are explaining different concepts! tqsm!

[@walkerswoolies5455]

You just got a new subscriber. All the years spent in art classes, never once was edging mentioned. Now especially with digital art of which I am very new to, this lesson just sunk right in and I will start applying your, erm, I mean Stanton's principle right away!

[@hiendar2407]

You're a genious! I've been studying art in an art school for 4 years, but now I realize I knew nothing about painting and analyzing. Thank you!!!

[@kayaeki]

sameee

[@KuraSamurai]

One of the best educational art series in KZbin.

[@pirabidahmadiqbal4031]

Just one word.......you are awsome thanx for sharing your experience with us

[@toddietubby7450]

you helped me so much!!! THANK YOU!!! because of your tutorials my paintings look so much better

[@erym7483]

This video is so helpful and what I've been looking for. I've always told myself that digital art wasn't for me and I would never really get it since I was having problems with my edges and being able to make the image look painterly. It was always out of reach and so I gave up for a long time, and believed only the lucky ones got it in the end. I would start hard and then try to soften the edges but it would only work if I were painting something like cubes. I'm going to try starting off soft and then building up my edges slowly that way to see how that works out for a few studies.

[@unchilgisam]

First time seeing your channel, this is mind-blowing! I just thought I'd look you up before starting your Digital Painting course in svslearn, will definitely watch that then! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@nadagreen3067]

WOOOOOOW I DID NOT UNDERSTAND A THING OF EDGES YOU JUST MADE IT SUPER CLEAR, I wanna be a teacher like you too

[@daviationsss]

This video was exactly what i needed and was looking for (plus the colour theory ones). Ive been feeling stuck in my coloring/painting progress and feeling like i wasnt getting the feeling i wanted right. I always tended to oversmoothe them and it just didnt feel right and I had no idea what to do or what other options i had. Thank you

[@MissInformationAcademy]

very insightful approach to edges

[@ruihong7912]

this series is a treasure

[@mattmacias9699]

These are amazing, thank you!

[@matiasgoinheix366]

This series is the best regarding art I've seen in youtube.

[@marcobucci]

Thanks! Look for Episode 8 in about a week :)

[@matiasgoinheix366]

@@marcobucci Can't wait

[@playerone2458]

Thanks to share us the way to use the borders as a technique to manipulate the attention of viewers. Thanks a lot!