UPDATED: New YouTube video on TEXTURE!!!

[lmrush]

Awesome Lee! Can't wait

[Coley]

it's tuesday. Not that I was waiting. :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes:

[MichaelaH]

@Coley Ha ha me also...reloading the youtube page the whole time....

[AB]

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[Lee White]

Should be uploaded soon. But probably tomorrow because I needed to get done with a final book spread. : )

[Coley]

@MichaelaH hee hee hee me too lol. nerds unite ha ha!

[Coley]

@Lee-White ........audience is in place eating popcorn ready to go once it's uploaded ha ha!

[Lee White]

@Coley don't expect too much! All my videos are sort of simple and basic. So I hope no one is expecting a magic trick or anything! It's just a few simple steps that tend to work when done together.

[Coley]

@Lee-White no worries, just looking for a few tips or ideas or steps like you mentioned to start some exploration! I know it's not like an SVS course. Partly I think I jwas looking forward to it because I'm thinking about texture a bit more lately and partly because yesterday was the longest day I've ever had to work so I had a few things to look forward to after as treats and video was one of them lol....no pressure tho Ha ha!

[Lee White]

@Coley Allright, I went ahead and uploaded it. Hope you enjoy! : )

https://youtu.be/N7DedDc7aU0

[peteolczyk]

@Lee-White about time too

[Lee White]

NOTE: I just uploaded it, so it takes a few hours for the HD version to appear...

[Coley]

@Lee-White super wicked awesome. Too funny, I had just made popcorn for my little guy so I was just sitting down to eat it so the popcorn is ready ha ha!!!! Looking forward to it, thanks!

[Coley]

@Lee-White I thought you said there were no magic tricks yet it seems chock full of them in my book! This is all new stuff to me, I'll be going back over the video and then practicing this stuff. I'm really excited to figure it out! i had no idea I could do all this in photoshop. Love the explanation of how to get the internal texture along with the edges. I learned a ton, a little confused lol, but to be expected as I am a photoshop newbie with tons to learn...........video was worth the wait ! thanks so much!

[Lee White]

@Coley cool! Hope it helps you out along the way. : )

[KathrynAdebayo]

Thank you, Lee!

[RG Spaulding]

@Lee-White, Wow..mind blown. Thanks for showing and sharing your tricks with us. I have a question though, how did you adjust the 50% grey on that layer. I have an old version of photoshop CS6 I think and I am wondering if I can do that. I am not that good in photoshop and I am not sure how you got to the curves panel to adjust the greys. Thank you.

[demotlj]

This was a really interesting video but it reinforces my sense that one of my difficulties with learning how to be a better painter is that I come at painting as more of a draw-er than a painter. In other words, it seems like someone who thinks like a painter (like Lee or Marco Bucci) begins with shapes, values, textures, and colors and kind of "sculpts" the painting out of all of that. When I try doing that, it just comes out an amorphous mess. I feel like my brain is so stuck in thinking about contour line first and foremost that I struggle to do a painting that doesn't depend on the line. I've been trying to decide whether some people just think like draw-ers and some like painters, and I should accept my line oriented brain, or whether I can learn to think differently and develop a more painterly style. Any thoughts?

[Lee White]

@demotlj You can start the painting any way you like and with whatever technique you feel comfortable with. But I'd recommend starting the drawing with lines, but then do a value study before you start the painting. Then you can see it in "shapes" a little easier.

If you are starting the painting without having anything down first, then I'd recommend going back and making sure you are doing all the steps I mentioned in my "how to do great illustrations every time" video. That breaks it down into easy steps and using line as a starting point is fine. : )

[Lee White]

@RG-Spaulding you can get to the curves menu by going under "adjustments" then "curves". That has been in all the photoshop versions, so you should be fine there.