Painting from GRAYSCALE to COLOR | TUTORIAL

[@Ariabba]

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[@poplyrics169]

Thank u for the video.. It's wonderful.. Btw, do u know how to do it in krita? Because i couldn't find the blending layer

[@Ariabba]

@@poplyrics169 in Krita you can find it in the Layer tab, over the layers you can see a drop down menu with the written word "normal", if you click on it you can choose the others!

[@mox__art]

Ok, the sunlight part got me mindblown

[@Kooparik]

Yeah 👀

[@wooshinwev4329]

Fr my life is changed

[@BigWavesKays]

@@wooshinwev4329 fully changed

[@tadeashrabovsky3009]

Saame

[@Anodoria]

The simplifying of lighting boiled down to sunlight/non-sunlight is an absolute game changer and really clicked as something I can more easily wrap my brain around when I’m trying to simplify my process!! Thank you for this, everything was explained so nicely and was super helpful.

[@ingridchang976]

This is a 2 yr old video but I felt the need to comment that your sunlight/bounce light/blur layer technique is going to simplify my process soso much, and as someone who isn’t familiar with color or color theory it is much needed. Thank you for this incredibly informative video!

[@Ariabba]

Really glad this is helpful 😊

[@aspillust]

this entirely changed my worldview of digital art and i'm so excited to pick up my ipad and use these techniques for a new piece 💖

[@Ariabba]

Glad I could help!

[@Dazuam]

I would absolutely love to see a tutorial on how to do the initial sketch :3

[@Ariabba]

Will post it than ☺️

[@Zazash_91]

@@Ariabba whate brushes do you use ?

[@Ariabba]

@@Zazash_91 I use the round brush in the painting section and sometimes the flat brush or the airbrush

[@Zazash_91]

@@Ariabba thx

[@Curryfishballa]

One tip, paint in shapes. Alot of artist paint like they are sketching or drawing which is not recommended to achieve a painterly look and feel.

[@Kitomsg]

this was insanely helpful, I've been looking for a tutorial like this for days now but you seem to be the only one I've found who covered this topic so well. Thank you!

[@lorandcherry]

What you started doing at 7:42 is mindblowing! I never saw that step in the millions of tutorials I've watched. This boosts me to try drawing an environment again after several disappointments ❤🥺

[@IL_801]

Going over the "warm light makes cool shadows" and environmental backlighting is so important. I only just recently discovered this and my work greatly benefits from it! Seeing it in action and hearing your explanation is wonderful and I wish I had found you way sooner. Thank you for teaching! ❤❤❤

[@miscellaneous7777]

1. By selecting pixels on existing layers, color the whole painting on color layer mode (base colors layer) 2. Copy and merge the whole thing and copy the layer again to brighten it with curves and warm it up with color balance (light layer) 3. Now you have the base layer and light layer. In between put a new layer and clip the light layer to it. By painting on that layer you reveal the sun light. 4. Add bounce light in the shadows

[@anamarleticia]

I've been trying to learn how to paint and this was great to strenghten my knowledge as well as learning new things, thank you!!

[@mavellan796]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial! I checked many of tutorials for this theme but none of them were in Procreate and I really like your results! Also I use procreate for over a year and never realized how perspective tool works :’D

[@KevinSanchez-ol3jd]

Thank you so much for showing the layers. Gives me an idea of how to start background designing!!! Not all artist do that!

[@wolflover1223]

Oh my god thank you. I just got into digital art and this is the first video I’ve found in the entire two months I’ve been doing it that actually answered my questions and helped me understand the process instead of telling me the skills I need to have (because I already have the skills from traditional)

[@Ariabba]

Really glad this helped!

[@lynn9265]

Thanks for the great tips!

[@Ariabba]

thank you so much, I'm really glad it helped 😊💙

[@NefelibataArtistEverythingArts]

THANK YOU!! Every other channel was just shooing away procreate artists and showing Clipstudio and Photoshop grayscale to color with gradient mapping. This is so fun and makes everything go faster!

[@Ariabba]

I'm really glad you liked it 🥰🥰

[@tmvward]

This was incredibly helpful - I def need to try the technique with the lights and Gaussian blur on separate layers. Thank you for sharing this knowledge and skill!

[@Ariabba]

Glad it was helpful!

[@erinr3905]

Amazing tutorial and painting❤I’m so glad I found you🎉

[@exleydragon231]

Criminally underrated

[@drawideas223]

I never learned so much in a single tutorial, thank you very much!

[@marshalllee7418]

i am surprised you only have 10k subscribers,, this is a professional level tutorial and very straight to the point and short. I haven't got my tablet but I'll definitely keep this tutorial in mind, thank you so much!

[@waengboy4258]

thank you so much for telling us the detail of the layers, not many artist do that in tutorials but that is actually really helpful for beginners like me!

[@Ariabba]

Really glad it was useful!

[@21Ben]

I just found your video now and got mind blown with your techniques! I always wonder why my final artwork always feels so flat despite my attempt in colouring in the shadow and the highlight as well. I didnt realize when i paint directly to the layer without utilizing the layer blending mode or painting my values first in grayscale, i was losing all of the values in the drawings which is why it makes my drawings feels all flat. So, thank you so much for the explanation and guiding us through your drawing process from start to finish!

[@sleeplesspanda9794]

I can't thank you enough for these tutorials ❤ every technique is useful and effective yet you explain them so well, easy to understand

[@Ariabba]

Happy to help 😊

[@marieunuka22]

I really love your technique at the end when you blur things out and erase the foreground! Such a great tip to know 🥰 Also love how you add sunlight and bounce light by duplicating and adjusting the saturation Arrrg so cool! Thank you 🥰🙏🏽

[@emiliapraharasukma3852]

This is really helpful for me who didn't even know how to started in digital painting especially the value part. Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial and the artwork is really pleased my eyes. Keep up the good work ✨✨

[@Ariabba]

Thanks for your kind words! I'm happy this was useful!

[@matthieuhelias1400]

Your videos are incredibly useful! I didn't know the full process to go from grayscale to color and was just doing the color application. Now I think I can make more finished drawings.

[@Ariabba]

Glad it was helpful!

[@_graymatters]

Holy buckets, that end result is STUNNING. Thank you so much for the tutorial!!

[@Ariabba]

Glad you like it!

[@godjihyosdisciple]

this is perhaps the coolest video i have ever watched it feels like my third eye was opened thank you so much

[@mirtki8749]

This is the first video about this topic that actually helped me understand the whole process, so thank you! You’re amazing

[@simsley5501]

I didn’t know about the save and load option for selections - that’s game-changing!!! Thanks for the awesome tutorial!

[@Ariabba]

Happy to help!

[@donutyue]

Thank you so much for sharing your techniques! I would usually stop at layering base colours when trying to paint on grayscale because it always looked so ugly but now I understand the stages afterward!!

[@JuvA31]

wow this is stunning! Thank you for the great tips. I am learning this technique and I'm still struggling with my values. But I am making progress!

[@Ariabba]

You can do it!

[@re-artwork]

I love your artwork. Watching you do one, just blew my mind! I’ve never thought of using “saved selections” to stay within layers, or editing procreates curve/colors, or using a clipping mask to reveal those bright Sun colors. Now excuse, I’m going to watch every other video you’ve ever done. Truly amazing work, with a clear description. Thank you.

[@Ariabba]

Really glad you found useful stuff here!

[@P_G_FigueroaAscendra]

I rarely comment on videos, but I really, really appreciated this so much that I can't just click off without expressing how I love this video so much! As someone who is just starting with digital art, this is the only video where I actually learned and understood how painting using grayscale works. Thank you so much for posting this!

[@Ariabba]

I'm really happy it was helpful 🥰🥰

[@lhiljulianne9067]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! you have no idea how long I've needed to find a proper colouring tutorial!! ie always had trouble with colouring and with procreate itself and I knew I was only good with colouring in greyscale but I thought that I was doing it wrong. Also thank you for showing us how you do the lighting!! :))

[@lilcoolbean2048]

This is incredible :0 I found everything super useful and easy to understand, I’m very excited to use these tips :3

[@DragonHeart55]

I have been trying to find a tutorial on how the heck you're supposed to turn a grayscale painting into a color one for FOREVER and haven't been able to find one, thank you so much for making this!!

[@artpotatomuskan9201]

This tutorial is so helpful. I always had trouble in choosing colors and making them look cohesive in my art but I tried this technique in my recent one and it worked really well. Made it so much easier for me! Thank you so much ❤

[@Ariabba]

It's nice to hear it was helpful 😊😊

[@bigprwn9922]

One of the best videos ive seen for digital painting! Thank you ❤

[@eliz.107]

what an amazing human you are! so much information is put into this video in a way that teaches and inspires everyone who watches. like, seriously! out of all the tutorials I've seen on grayscale painting, yours is the first that makes me want to immediately pick up my pen. so thank you so very much! 💛💗💛

[@Ariabba]

I'm so glad it helped 😊😊

[@sylviaxie8189]

Hi! Once again, I learnt a lot from your video! It seems so much more convenient to have the correct values in place and then fill in with colours. Here is a question from myself as a total beginner: Is there any exercises that we could practise to achieve harmonious values? How should we approach painting values as beginners?

[@Ariabba]

I'm glad it was useful! I would do a lot of photos studies! Find good references with different camera angles, greyscale them and copy them. I think I would do that as a beginner

[@sylviaxie8189]

@@Ariabba so excited to receive your reply this fast! Thank you for the advice!

[@freshguac3148]

im not an artist but i love to see the process, its sooo relaxing and calming🙂

[@happyfishdesign]

Genius instruction on adding sunlight and reflecting light / color! Thank you!

[@Eagle_Owl2]

The advice with the sunlight layer was so helpful, thanks a lot!

[@Ariabba]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cassgltch8351]

the way my jaw dropped for the sunlight part

[@sunnyng905]

As a traditional painter, your technique is very helpful to me. Thank you very much

[@Ariabba]

Glad to hear that!

[@Milan-cw7zs]

Amazing! So glad I found your video! After looking at so many greyscale to color videos… I found yours which is the best. It was incredibly helpful. Thank you 😊

[@Ariabba]

Glad it helped 😊☺️

[@djkohai8882]

you have no idea how much this helped ilysm

[@Ariabba]

So happy to hear this!

[@nikibeam.]

So I am actually not dumb I just need to learn more. Thank you for this one!😃

[@jakewaitart9507]

This is awesome! Been trying to work more this way lately to make sure my values are better defined, can’t wait to apply some of these methods to what I’ve been doing! Crazy to think I’ve been using procreate for over 5 years and still get shown new things lol (Also thank god you noticed the issue with the Sun I was getting worried 😂)

[@Maikeru800]

Fantastic work, and very helpful for this method of painting! It clears up a lot of confusion about the process of going from value to color. Would love to see how you did the initial black and white value painting. It's very kind of you to share your knowledge with us, regardless!

[@Ariabba]

Sure! I'll post a quick process of the value painting ☺️

[@josiahtobas9172]

That part about the Sunlight took me to the God lightbulb moment. This helped me understand how beauty is found in everything. And how they rise in intensity of their energies. It's how the energies play off of the contrasts of other energies': depths and heights of color and value. ❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@CoKeHQ1]

I was at awe when you showed how effectively you tried out the color palettes around based on the time of the day the artwork would have. can't wait to someday have that level of coloring skill! Have always done black and white, pen and paper and now jumping to digital i've been at loss with colors. thank you for such a easy to understand and informative tutorial! Do you always start your pieces with black and white and add color on it like this? or do you use other methods for lets say character concept or such. as you said the color you pick isn't the same when used on a blending mode layer and it feels a bit weird but you see if the color works or not nonetheless.

[@Ariabba]

It depends on how I feel it would be the better pipeline! Sometimes I start with values, some other times I prefer to start directly with colours and try to keep the values in check with a black layer on top that shows me the grey scale version of my painting. One thing is for sure, values can't be overlooked 😊

[@galaxydriver32]

god this tutorial is so good and full of clever steps, thank you!!!

[@Ariabba]

Glad you like it!

[@Evansmustard]

I can’t wait to get home and play with this method tonight. Awesome guide~

[@MohammedAnsariRiz]

Awesome. You explained the process so clearly and simply. 10/10.

[@hilaryg8059]

This is the most helpful thing I have ever seen, thank you, you are a Godsend

[@Ariabba]

Wow, thanks! Glad this helped 🥰

[@Donma_Lardo]

This is the best video I have seen in my life! thank you thank you thank youuuu! 🙌🙌🙌

[@ikumiikumi7512]

This was SO MUCH fun! I appreciate how clear you were. I'll try applying this on my drawing tomorrow. Thank you so much ;33

[@Zutto95]

I'm 3 years late to the video but thank you so much for sharing this amazing process! I've been in a funk lately but this has gotten me excited to try it out! Thank you again!

[@santone1849]

great video really liked the way you went in to detail on the layers Thank you

[@Ariabba]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Drawing-Life]

Great tutorial! So well explained, love your painting style :)

[@Rivendone]

thank you so much for this tutorial! i always struggled with painting sunlight and your method with the extra layer and clipping mask is so so helpful and smart!! I will definitely do it like that from here on so THANK YOU!

[@monkeymonkey789]

Thank you for this video. I was struggling with this.

[@Ariabba]

Glad it helped!

[@daywalkertpify]

Some really good tips. Thank you Ariabba

[@thiagoscd]

Have you ever tried clipping a Gradient Map layer to your values' layer? I feel like I can experiment with colours without losing the original brush strokes.

[@ugothmeex]

subscribed. this is good. i wanted to learn these kind of technique where everything starts at greyscale. im having a hardtime drawing in greyscale

[@Ariabba]

I have a video tutorial on grey scale! It's called value tutorial you can find it somewhere here on my channel 😊 I hope it helps!

[@tempodreams2130]

That was amazing! I didn't know about this technique to do sunlight, but I'll definitely try it now.

[@nikophipps]

Great work! Can you go over how to properly use gradient maps in procreate?

[@tart7839]

This was so helpful, thank you!! I didn't know you could get perspective points like that from the drawing guide LOL that was a pleasant surprise

[@Ariabba]

Yep perspective tool is really useful!

[@marcelo25758]

Amazing! thanks so much for all the tips. That sunlight one blew my mind :)

[@lucasarnack2610]

Hey, your work is amazing!!! Thank you for explaining so well

[@Ariabba]

Thanks! I'm glad you like it!

[@ilariavitali8409]

Your videos are the most informative tutorials I've ever saw. Great process, thanks for sharing

[@Armilar255]

I just found gold! thanks for sharing!

[@sergioflores5149]

this is such a grate tutorial !!

[@Ariabba]

Glad it helped 🙂

[@tobigar967]

Your the best channel to learn from maam.. Thank you

[@Ariabba]

Thanks a lot

[@arianaaguilera8572]

i lov your work ! thanks for your beautiful tips!

[@Lisa_Thy]

Thank you for the awesome tutorial, one of the best tutorials I’ve ever seen! You’re great at explaining :D

[@vecmich]

Hello, great tutorial really! Thank you for it. I just have question about the disconnection between brush strokes and values how you described (cca 6:00). So the solution for this is (if you want to keep the values you did earlier) - you just continue with coloring with blending mode, adding details, colors, until it stops to look ugly as you said, right? It´s funny how when coloring something (well..lets say creating something in general really), we always have to get through this "ugly stage" until we have something decent. That is the pain of creation :) Good thing is, that if you do something long enough you make this painful stage shorter...

[@Ariabba]

I totally agree with this! During the years I started to be able to draw more cause the pain stage got smaller and smaller because I became more accustomed to it 😊 it's a good read really

[@cherry-zg9ln]

so useful and PRETTY! thank you!

[@Alfred_the_doodler]

Thank you! Definitely learned something new in procreate from this.

[@mylittlemeowmeow5256]

Thank you so much. I’m really love your videos 😭🙏❤️

[@elboman]

Amazing as always!

[@dellawoo6045]

I know this video has been out for a while hut thank you so much for the detailed step by step explanation! I was trying to do values painting but everything turned out so dull and I was so lost but your video helped a lot!

[@shennaki8517]

I’ve learned so much! Thank you

[@Ariabba]

Happy to help!

[@yehezkielferdin2036]

Thank you very much for this!

[@gkzx6933]

Thank you it helped me very much

[@user-dz3ij5gz5h]

Thank you for making this tutorial! This was very informative and helpful!!

[@Ariabba]

Really happy to hear it was helpful!

[@amylunden8246]

Your videos are so helpful and well put together! Thank you so much for putting this together. ❤️

[@gulsahinan74]

gosh this was SUPER helpful and easy to understand, thank you so much!!!

[@rhorodz7779]

Thank you so much for this tutorial!! I hope you publish more.

[@blupik]

OMG THIS IS HELPING ME A LOOOTT! THANK YOU VERY MUCH 😭

[@Ariabba]

Happy to help!

[@Psyerax]

I love your accent as much as this tutorial ^^ this is really well done.

[@Ariabba]

OMG I'm always really nervous about my Italian accent so thanks for saying that

[@Psyerax]

@@Ariabba embrace it! It's your charming signature~

[@cherbelle93]

Thank you for this video! It was incredibly useful!! Learnt a lot of tips that I will be applying in my drawing.

[@Ariabba]

Glad it helped 🙂🙂

[@maikoe7198]

Absolute masterclass

[@Marcus-eu2fn]

Hi! I just found your channel and I think you have some great tutorials! Im just getting started with digital painting and was wondering if you could do a tutorial covering how to do values? Thank you! Keep up the great work!

[@Ariabba]

Yes I will make a video on values for sure!

[@Marcus-eu2fn]

@@Ariabba Thank you!

[@babyshiori]

Beautiful painting!!

[@Ariabba]

Thank you so much 😀

[@babyshiori]

@@Ariabba you’re welcome!!

[@babyshiori]

@@Ariabba you’re welcome!!

[@alanclinton7044]

Love your work and seeing the process is amazing I'm definitely subscribing

[@Ariabba]

Thanks! I hope this was useful! 😊

[@noahgopeteo177]

very detailed and helpful thank you for the information. more please