How to Paint in PROCREATE - Painting a Portrait from Start to Finish

In this video, I show you my WHOLE process on How to Paint in ProCreate.
Here we divide the painting process in 5 steps and together we go from the sketch, to how to apply shadows, to painting on top and blending colors, and finalizing adding more character to the portrait.
If you are just starting to use the iPad to paint or you are new to painting in procreate you want to watch this video.
The portrait was inspired by the beautiful Lily Maymac.
These are the steps we follow in this tutorial:

Step 1: Sketching
Step 2: Local Colors
Step 3: Light and Shadow
Step 4: Paintover
Step 5: Corrections

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My name is Lucas Peinador, I’m a concept artist and illustrator. I am originally from Costa Rica, now living in Slovenia.
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[BhavnaM]

“ Now we start with the real painting”


Me: Wait.. so that masterpiece he was creating was just a sketch...

[samazoid]

*fully realized incredible painting*
you: ok now that we've done just a quick sketch we're gonna actually paint this

[Downgrde]

As a beginner this didn't help me at all but it was fun to watch:)

[CypherDen]

This is super helpful! :) Your art is great btw!

[SunilMungekar]

Technique for painting shadows and light was your best tip in the video! Thanks!

[rexyellowcounty]

Omg, I'm definitely gonna try your style of shadowing, you deserve a sub

[Novemberstruck]

do a video on your process for “painting over”! Everything else was so good and easy to understand and has helped me a lot with Procreate, so I’d love something from you about the process of painting over and using the smudge tool!

[TheCamaroguy]

WAIT YOUR SHADOWING TECHNIQUE IS AMAZING! I’ve been using procreate for about 7 months now and I just manually color match the shadow to my reference and it takes FOREVER but holy crap your way is genius

[mikevvoskidraws]

Gets motivated
Tried drawing
Fails miserably
Questions existence
Hotel trivago

[silverblaize]

Me watching people draw: Wow I love art!

Me trying to draw: Wow I hate art!

[ophanap]

dude! I've just started digital painting and this video was such a help! The way you added the shadows and removed the lighter areas is something i need to try, I've been doing it all manually till now and it is so time consuming. Also, the layer stuff is something I'm still learning so hearing about utilising all the different layer modes is very useful! Thank you. :)

[candyheartsart]

Ahhhh thank you so much for this! I have adhd so I can't pay attention to super long tutorials but I've always been wanting to know how to do dynamic shadows like this and your way is so simple and effective! This tutorial was the perfect length and stayed interesting for the whole time 10/10

[salomeydraws]

Cannot BELIEVE how much it came to life when you added shadow. I need to try this I think you’ve changed my art life 😭💌

[therainbowram]

THE SHADOW TRICK :D :D :D THANK I totally never thought of that!

[micheleweber]

Hey Lucas, this video is awesome! But something that I really would like to know is tips to paint, create shadows, contrast and how to mix the right colors! Like, the colors and details of your painting looks so awesome so how did you learn to paint here or there with this or that color? I would really appreciate a video like that :D

[Dpchihuahua]

I'd love an explanation about your brushes. I love procreate but I can't find a good brush yet

[fallcamara]

i wish i could paint like that, the part that got me was went you separated the light and shadow was really useful

[PumpkinPails]

I like the idea of creating a new layer to "paint" on. Even when it's digital I'm always afraid of messing up my work and it prevents me from taking risks or being experimental. Having that safety net where I can just be like "Hey, it's all on a new layer. You can't mess this up", makes it much less scary and I'm excited to try your method moving forward.

[llrainll]

Amazing- looks almost like a 3D model created on Blender ! Beautiful stuff!

[marikemp]

This is the art style i was looking for😍😍😍