How to Use KRITA - Digital Art Tutorial for Beginners

If you are interested in learning how to use use Krita, the free digital art software, then this video is for you! In this tutorial, instructor Vanessa goes over all the basic features of Krita while drawing a cute mushroom composition. She covers file set up, tools, brushes, layers, adjustments, and exporting images! 🤓

Stay tuned for part two of this Krita tutorial, where Vanessa will delve into advanced features such as filters, mirror tools, and her favorite brushes!

🕓 Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:14 - Setting up a file in Krita
0:45 - Dockers
2:04 - How to create layers
2:53 - Eraser tool (E)
4:25 - How to merge layers (Ctrl+E)
4:50 - Fill tool
5:41 - Grouping layers (Ctrl+G)
6:07 - Alpha lock
6:58 - Clipping masks
8:13 - Gradient tool (G)
8:49 - Layer styles
9:15 - Duplicating a layer
9:47 - Adding highlights
10:34 - Smudging tools
11:24 - Selection tools
12:19 - Inserting an image
13:15 - Transform/move tool (Ctrl+T)
13:56 - Adjusting HSV (Ctrl+U)
14:50 - Adding shadows
16:26 - Crop tool
16:41 - Flattening an image
17:22 - Saving an image

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[Donut-bndy]

FINALLY I FOUND A KRITA TUTORIAL THAT DOESNT TAKE AN HOUR
THANK YOU

[Stroodle_dus_Doodles]

My first ever digital drawing tablet gets here tomorrow, and I’m SO EXCITED to start digital art. I’ve studied so much and learned about animation, and this is my final choice for the app I’m gonna use. It’s been years since I’ve started drawing and I’ve started with the hope of starting and creating digital stories and art, I’m so happy. I’m already planning out my very first video, although it may be a rocky road I’m happy to finally be able to wander along it.

[chocortez]

for those on minute 5:19, if you are adding the fill and wondering why it is not working, you have to go to your tool settings and change in reference from the first botton on the left to the middle one, it says "obtain the region using a merged copy of all the layers", and you can fill in to your hearts content! and don't worry if when adding the dots it shows that you are coloring over the black lines, when you do that weird button(I forget the name) it takes care of that.

[ReimaginedSkies]

I've used krita for a few months and didn't know all this. Overview panel and grouping is going to help so much, Thank you guys!

[Quiscala]

Thank you so much for posting! I’ve been using Krita for about a year now, but I knew there were still some functions and tricks I wasn’t aware of. Now I finally know about the inherit alpha clipping and the HSV color adjustment! I can’t wait to apply this to my drawings now :D

[smoking]

I've seen some tutorials as a beginner on Krita, and I must say this is my fav one. Hits all the right spots with examples too. Well done !

[conniefinn-mnki]

Brand new beginner. Thank you, I learned so much from this video... and at the same time grappled with so much confusion. Digital art is complicated!

[meganj]

This video was very helpful thank you! Trying to draw digitally for the first time is very overwhelming and before watching this I didn’t know where to start

[nugget]

I’ve used Krita for 5 years. Time to learn things I had no idea about!

[CalebLowe-zj]

BIG HELP. was wondering how to do masks in krita and this gave me a whole lot more omg

[ssofia]

I just switched from FireAlpaca to Krita for a less pixelated canvas, and all the new tools were a little overwhelming x3 Thank you for the tutorial ^_^ Loved the silly little drawing :D

[LostInTimekeeping]

no because i love this program and use it to animate 😭 can’t wait to see how you use it! :DD

[nicolasdumont]

Thank you so much. I love how you integrated a good diversity of tools in a single tutorial. Quality stuff.

[pandaslife]

Thank you iI used to use this app and was very confuse. You don't know how much I needed this I am eternally grateful towards you.

[Oddman]

Thank you SO MUCH for this video. Especially the part showing the "eraser mode", I'm trying to learn Krita with my daughter, and I know that would have driven us crazy if you didn't point it out.

[faby]

Finally a real beginners tutorial😭 thank you very much

[madhatkitsune]

Does anyone else's fill tool act wacky and just ignore the lines on other layers? When I use it, it just fills the whole canvas on the layer unless I have lines on the same layer. I'm using an early access version of krita on mobile so that may be the problem. But if it happens to anyone else who's using a computer, let me know if you've figured out how to stop it from doing this! :)

Edit: Y'all someone in the replies posted the solution! :) if you need it, take a look

[poggersbro]

A tutorial most special! A mushroom was born today in the heart of this software. I thank thee greatly.

[Minetendo_Fan]

Just started using this app. Gotta say, instantly fell in love with it once I knew how to use it