Greyscale to Colour Tutorial: Digital Painting Landscape

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - First Sketch
12:46 - Second Sketch
22:18 - Third Sketch
33:50 - Fourth Sketch

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#conceptart #digitalpainting

[neelo_space]

I'm a bit late to the party but as an inspiring Concept Artist, I really want to thank you for all this valuable knowledge you give away for free. You truly are a great teacher.

[cringeypopsicle]

Please ramble more Jordan!! That's exactly what I'm here for :)

I'd rather have you accompanying us through the whole video!

[aritraguharay]

Came here to learn the secret to add color to grayscale paintings and Jordan just sat me down and got me educated! These lessons are invaluable!

[shounak]

A quick side note: Your side notes are the most important reason I visit and come back multiple times to your videos.

You put this level of effort, information and beauty into your videos and share them for free. 🙏

[acb_gamez]

I enjoy hearing you talk! even just rambling is fine by me! Occasionally I'll hear something and it'll click immediately, and sometimes I just like to hear your thoughts.

[swordfishko]

You are a great narrator! It's really helpful to hear your thinking process, so please, do not limit yourself.

[melinameyer]

How amazing that you’re giving all this knowledge for free!
You rock! This is so inspiring.
I actually followed along the first tutorial, I will also follow this one.
Really excited to see your upcoming videos

[kingoftubes]

oh my god, i literally was looking for a how to add color tutorial a few days ago after watching your other videos....yay!!

[jcre]

your rambling is great! it's so informative, i hope you get more confidence in it because you've been a massive help

[joelmeulenyser]

The atmosphere of your work is inspiring!
Thank you for your art, Jordan Grimmer.

[dopinkus]

I love the NOT sped up videos! Everybody else has high-speed replays that are unfollowable, especially for people relatively new to the tools - so yours are top notch, thank you :)

[das_evoli]

What I love about your pictures is that you show us that color doesn't make the picture. Just with your values you can call your piece finished. The color just improves it even more.

[dec]

God Bless you for making these - you're like the only one who shows how to paint in slow detail. The longer the better. ❤ I really want to get better with digital paint.

[Real_MisterSir]

A quick addition to some basic color grading tips and theory:

If you want your artwork to have a high level of contrast but don't want to lose the fine details, as well as still keep it relatively easy on the eye, you can use color contrasts in combination with light/dark contrasts.
Two colors of equal brightness will still carry a contrast, especially when taking opposites (like blue/red, orange/teal, etc). So try to keep your light/dark contrast on a medium level (or slightly undertuned), and then use one color grade for the highlights and a contrasting color for the dark areas. The most typical use is a warm tint (like orange) for bright areas and a cold tint (blue) for dark areas. Cold colors naturally enhance the visual impact of darkness, while warm colors do the same but with bright areas. This way you reach a contrast richness and depth without oversaturating or overexposing your artwork. But don't be afraid to experiment with the colors you use. This is your artistic freedom where you can find exactly what suits your style and taste.

In general one can regard color contrasting as helping your artwork gain a dynamic flow to it, where the eye of the viewer is naturally drawn from the warm to the cold, whereas greytones or a flat colorscheme will make your artwork static and plain.

In addition, it is often beneficial to keep the majority of your work undersaturated, while whatever is your artwork's primary focus receives the most saturation (like in the case of the first artwork in this video the big rock in the center). This helps the viewer focus their attention on what's most important, and it adds a 3 dimensional effect by making the main object in focus be what stands out. This can also be extended to other aspects of your work, such as level of detail. It's generally a good idea to keep the most intricate details reserved for whatever is the main focus of your work, and then decreasing the level of detail on objects of lesser importance.

[underlordd]

thank you for giving this to us for free its invaluable to a begginer.

[zqej]

Been following you for a while, really like your style. Thank you for sharing your process with us! ^^

[trackqueenstudios]

I reaaaally love the way you work!
I've been using Photoshop since I was 13, a wacom tablet since I was 16, so I know exactly what you're doing, even in the sped-up videos.
Just watching a few of your videos was enlightening! I'm experimenting with this kind of workflow in my own style since a few days and it's so cool!
Drawing shapes, cutting off them. It's simple but genius. Thank you, Jordan!
I'm learning a lot :)

[yesssanchez]

I was looking for a video like this, It's a thing I've been struggling with these days, thank you so much, appreciate this a lot!

[kenwatkins]

Inspirational, instructive and ... soothing. Thanks for putting these videos out there!

[spacejunk]

Using the special area select tools never occured to me really. Your videos made my head explode.