Digital painting offers great flexibility and unique control. I love painting hair and making it radiant from the light of the sun in this girls portrait.

Summer Girl

Digital Painting of a girls portrait.

This painting shows a girls portrait as fresh as the summer day that is splashing rays of sun through her hair. The blue sky is reflected off her eyes and her plump lips are inviting as she gazes over her shoulder. Careful layering of cool and warm tones make up her skin color and use of hightlights help her hair relfect the rays of sun and her lips to seem full and plump.

About my digital paintings.

Creating a digital painting for me is much like creating a traditional painting without the need for paint, brushes and drying time. Each piece is created by using only traditional style brushes in Photoshop without any special effects or filters. My main concept behind creating a digital painting is to keep the exact same techniques as traditional painting without the mess. It also makes the piece more unique. Some of my digital pieces take days to complete and many many hours of layering colors and brush strokes. I truely love it. For those out there that think digital painting isn't fine art, I must say you are wrong. It takes as much dedication, hard work and special techniques to make it happen as traditional style painting.