Here’s that stone building digital painting completed in Gimp. I learned a few things about painting stonework in this one.
I’ve described my bumbling digital painting process below:
- For this I loosely followed a reference photo: http://www.photographers-resource.co.uk/a_heritage/Monuments/LG/Broadway_Tower.htm
- I started with a small canvas (700×525 pixels) and worked at 50% zoom to put in a basic sky:
- Still working small, I put in a basic cloud layer:
- Next I added a layer for the distant landscape:
- Then a layer for the near landscape:
- A layer for blocking in the stone building colours:
- In order to add detail I then scaled the whole image up by 300% and used a combination of free-hand painting, Gimp’s Free Select Tool and duplication of details:
- Further use of the Free Select Tool to render the doorway:
- Then some lines to suggest the seams in the stonework:
- Another layer for lighter coloured stone blocks:
- Then I added some texture using Gimp’s “Acrylic2” brush:
- And finished off by adding more detail to the background and clouds:
Stone Building Digital Painting
